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Meaning of echoism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

The practice of creating words or language by imitating sounds from the environment.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“One possibility is that language developed from echoism, i.e. from attempts of early humans to imitate natural sounds and react⟳ vocally to emotions.”
“That is the simple account of the motivation for the phenomenon of sound⟳ symbolism or echoism.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

echoist echokinesis echolalia echolalic echoless echolessness

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