bowwow theory
1bowwow theory — noun : a theory that language originated in imitations of natural sounds (as those of birds, dogs, or thunder) compare dingdong theory, pooh pooh theory …
2Bowwow — Bow wow , n. An onomatopoetic name for a dog or its bark. a. Onomatopoetic; as, the bowwow theory of language; a bowwow word. [Jocose.] [1913 Webster] …
3dingdong theory — noun : a theory that language originated out of a natural correspondence between objects of sense perception and the vocal noises which were part of early men s reaction to them compare bowwow theory, pooh pooh theory …
4pooh-pooh theory — noun : a theory that language originated in interjections which gradually acquired meaning compare bowwow theory, dingdong theory …
5glossematics — Synonyms and related words: bowwow theory, comparative linguistics, derivation, descriptive grammar, descriptive linguistics, dialectology, dingdong theory, etymology, generative grammar, glossology, glottochronology, glottology, grammar,… …
6morphology — Synonyms and related words: IC analysis, accidence, affix, affixation, allomorph, anatomist, anatomy, angiography, angiology, anthropotomy, bound morpheme, bowwow theory, comparative linguistics, conjugation, cutting, declension, derivation,… …
7phonology — Synonyms and related words: ablaut, acoustic phonetics, articulatory phonetics, betacism, bowwow theory, comparative linguistics, derivation, descriptive grammar, descriptive linguistics, dialectology, dingdong theory, etymology, generative… …
8derivation — Synonyms and related words: IC analysis, acceptance, accidence, acquisition, admission, admittance, adoption, affiliation, affix, affixation, allomorph, ancestry, apparentation, appropriation, assumption, beginning, birth, blood, bloodline,… …
9etymology — Synonyms and related words: bowwow theory, comparative linguistics, derivation, descriptive linguistics, dialectology, dingdong theory, eponymy, folk etymology, glossematics, glossology, glottochronology, glottology, grammar, graphemics,… …
10grammar — Synonyms and related words: abecedarium, abecedary, alphabet, alphabet book, basics, battledore, bowwow theory, casebook, choice of words, comparative linguistics, composition, derivation, descriptive linguistics, dialect, dialectology, diction,… …
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