Do the sounds have grammatical representation? The answer is yes. That “ouch”, which indicates that something caused pain; the much-used “ha, ha, ha”, which makes us laugh; the “mua” when we want to send a kiss; as well as the “ufff”, when we want to express relief for something, are some examples of onomatopoeia widely used in the virtual world and also in literary works. I bring up the subject because two weeks ago I said that I would write about it. The Fundéu points out that onomatopoeia “…are words that imitate or recreate the sound of the thing or action named, they are a very powerful expressive resource, capable of condensing an idea or situation in a very small space and one more procedure to form words ”.
There are many examples of onomatopoeia, such as those cited in the introductory part of this paper, which make dialogues fun and dynamic, especially in instant messaging systems, one of the most used ways in the world today to communicate on various platforms. technological.
I remember that, in adolescence, I often came across grammatically represented sounds that set the reader’s imagination to flight, who had to interpret that an “iuc” meant that something was disgusting; that the “ahem, ahem” indicated the clearing of the throat when warning or calling attention to something. Finally, onomatopoeias are used on countless occasions in oral language, but it is curious and fun to appreciate in writing those sounds that help us colloquially summarize some expressions.
Many have been the occasions in which by placing the index finger over our mouth we command them to remain silent with the sound “shhh!”; that we write “zzz, zzz, zzz” to indicate that we are sleepy or that we are ready to go to sleep. In how many written versions have we seen that when a telephone rings the onomatopoeia that is used is “riiin, riiin”; as well as the “glu, glu, glu” that indicates the passage of some liquid through our throat. Other onomatopoeia that we can share are: howling of the wolf, “auuu”; slap, “zam”; chicks singing, “pío, pío, pío”; crow of the rooster, “quiquiriquí”; eat, “yum, yum, yum”; unintelligible conversation, “blah, blah, blah”; shot, “bang”; cry of pain, “ay”; knock on the door, “knock, knock”; dog barking, “woof, woof”; cow mooing, “moo, moo”; cat’s meow, “meow, meow.” I hope that, from this writing, the reader will do the exercise of remembering other sounds with their respective onomatopoeias.
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