音おん義ぎ説せつ

noun

sound-meaning theory

A linguistic hypothesis that each Japanese sound (phoneme) inherently carries a specific meaning or nuance. Often discussed in the context of sound symbolism and onomatopoeia. This is a technical term used in Japanese linguistics.

• 音おん義ぎ説せつは、日本にほん語ごの音おん象しょう徴ちょうを説せつ明めいする理り論ろんの一ひとつです。

  The sound-meaning theory is one of the theories that explain sound symbolism in Japanese.

• この論ろん文ぶんでは、音おん義ぎ説せつに基もとづいて擬ぎ音おん語ごの分ぶん析せきを行おこなった。

  In this paper, we analyzed onomatopoeia based on the sound-meaning theory.