Motivation for Words
Motivation deals with the connection between
name and sense. Basically, there are three motivations
for words:
Ⅰ. Onomatopoeic motivation—defining the
principle of motivation by (1) ______. (1) ______
—primary onomatopoeia: the (2) ______ of sound (2) ______
by sound
—(3) ______ onomatopoeia: association of (3) ______
sound with senses
e. g. -ump suggests (4) ______. (4) ______
Ⅱ. (5) ______ motivation—defining motivation by (5) ______
mental association.
It is closely connected with figures of speech:
—(6) ______: containing an implied comparison (6) ______
—metonymy: naming something by its attributes
—synecdoche: the (7) ______ of a part for a (7) ______
whole or vice versa
Ⅲ. Logical motivation—defining a concept by
logic.
There are two (8) ______ involved in giving a (8) ______
definition: the first is to identify the genus and the
second is to (9) ______ the item being defined from (9) ______
other similar species in the same genus.
There may be factors leading to loss of motivation.
They are change in morphological structure and change
in (10) ______. (10) ______