从clatter一词看拟声词及其语用功能

Onomatopoeia and Its Pragmatic Function from a Word Clatter

拟声词为英语创造了成百上千的词汇，它是一种重要的构词手段，具有丰富多彩的语用功能，如果运用得当，它可以使语言生动逼真，并且有良好的修辞作用。

Onomatopoeia creates hundreds of thousands of English words. We should notice that it is a vital means of word formation. If it is used properly, it is of colorfully pragmatic function, and it also makes English language vivid, as if a person hears the sound with his own ears, and is on the scene personally. Simultaneously, it offers rhetorical function.