Volume : 6, Issue : 2, February - 2017

Sound Symbolism in English Language a Rhythmic Study

Sirigiri Joyice, Dr. Sk. Sheela

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Sound </span></b><span style="text-align: justify; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">&ndash; that which is or can be heard, sensation perceived in the organs of hearing by viations transmitted through the air or some other medium noise in Sanskrit sense Dhavani. Sound &ndash; something that you can hear noise a high or low sound. As a human being when people speaks generally in order to be heard. Use of speech for any other purpose is rare there are clearly three stages at which speech sounds can be studied.</span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;&#10;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;&#10;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">a)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Production stage <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;&#10;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;&#10;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">b)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Transmission stage<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;&#10;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;&#10;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">c)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Reception (hearing) stage<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;&#10;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Speech sounds of all languages of the world are classified into vowels and consonants. People shall discuss in detail different ways in which these sounds are classified and described</span></p>