Onomatopoeia in kazakh and japanese languages

Abstract

This article begins by explanation of onomatopoeic words. Further there are given some examples of onomatopoeic words in spoken language and in literature, in proverbs and feuilletons. Looking at the history of research of onomatopoeic words, it was found that in the Kazakh language, these words came to be regarded as a separate part of speech only in the 60s of the twentieth century, and before that they were investigated as part of an adverb and interjection, while in the Japanese language onomatopoeic words are taken as a separate part of speech from old times and were the subject of the study of many researchers. In the Kazakh language, as well as in Japanese the onomatopoeic words are widely used both in spoken and in writing. Haiku where onomatopoeia used to enhance emotion and spontaneity in the transmission of the image can be used as an example.