phonaesthetics
/ˌfəʊnəsˈθɛtɪks
/(US also phonesthetics)
plural noun [treated as singular]
The study of the aesthetic properties of speech sound, in particular the study of sound sequences, as in phonaesthesia.A few studies of phonaesthetics are well-known for the cleverness of their design and the nebulosity of their results....
- They tend to come under an area of linguistics called phonaesthetics which deals with sounds and our preferences for them.
Derivatives
phonaesthetic
- Children's writers make use of onomatopoeic and phonaesthetic words to good effect.
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