echoism
Noun
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Noun
echoism
- The practice of creating words or language by imitating sounds from the environment.
- 1999, Marcel Danesi, Paul Perron, Analyzing Cultures: An Introduction and Handbook, page 139:
- One possibility is that language developed from echoism, i.e. from attempts of early humans to imitate natural sounds and react vocally to emotions.
- 1999, Marcel Danesi, Paul Perron, Analyzing Cultures: An Introduction and Handbook, page 139:
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