Sounds All Around
A Guide to Onomatopoeias Around the World
- Paperback
168 pages
- Release Date
8 July 2020
Summary
Words that imitate sounds are known as onomatopoeia, and they are a wonderfully strange and interesting part of language. After all, we all hear the same sounds, but we interpret and write them differently in different languages.
Sounds All Around is a fun and funny illustrated guide to how people say many of these sounds all around the globe.
Inside you’ll learn what a cat sounds like in French, what a yawn sounds like in Norwegian, what a bell sounds like in…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781524850760 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1524850764 |
| Author: | James Chapman |
| Publisher: | Andrews McMeel Publishing |
| Imprint: | Andrews McMeel Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 168 |
| Release Date: | 8 July 2020 |
| Weight: | 395g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 150mm x 10mm |
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About The Author
James Chapman
Dr. James Chapman is an illustrator and writer who has always been interested in language. His webcomic series, Soundimals, that explored the sounds animals make in different languages around the world, inspired this book. He lives in Manchester, UK.
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