Words like ‘Buzz’, ‘Hiss’, ‘thud’ etc. which represents the sounds of their referents are known as --------

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• Words which represent the sounds of their referents are called-----
• The initial sounds in the words ‘ship’, ‘church’ and ‘judge; are examples for----
• The term--------refers to omissions of certain sounds, syllables or even words in continuous speech
• The final sounds /t/, /d/, and /id/ in the words packed, bagged and patted are instances of-----
• ------is the process by which new words are coined by combining the segments of two different words.
• Words with more than three syllables are called -----words
• -----------is a processes of word formation wherein new words are coined by combining the segments of two different existing words.
• The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated as a result of human instinct to imitate sounds:
• ----------are gliding sounds during the articulation of which, the speech organs glide from one vowel position to another
• The special features which affect speech sounds such as stress, pitch intonation and juncture are called-------