Wednesday, August 10, 2011

What's that word that describes the feeling when the sound of a word embodies its meaning? ?

I took a class in linguistics and we had a lesson on a word that describes the feeling when the sound of a word embodies its meaning. An example of this is how the words "dome" and "womb" give you a feeling of echoing openness and warmth and protection respectively.

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