DINGDONG THEORY


Meaning of DINGDONG THEORY in English

add. ·- the theory which maintains that the primitive elements of language are reflex expressions induced by sensory impressions; that is, as stated by max muller, the creative faculty gave to each general conception as it thrilled for the first time through the brain a phonetic expression;

— jocosely so called from the analogy of the sound of a bell induced by the stroke of the clapper.

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