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) ______