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An essay on the origin of language, based on modern researches, and especially on the works of M. Renan

Note 103 — Chapter IV · ONOMATOPŒIA.[103]

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“Ὄνομα ποίεω. Ὀνοματοποιΐα est dictio ad imitandum sonum vocis conficta, ut cum dicimus hinnire equos, balare oves, stridere valvas.” Charis. iv. p. 245. Lersch, i. 129-232. The Latins call it “fictio nominis.”

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