And sounding and bounding and rounding,
And bubbling and troubling and doubling,
And grumbling and rumbling and tumbling,
And clattering and battering and shattering.
* Name-making; the formation of words in imitation of the sounds made by
the things signified: as, buzz, hiss, peewit, etc. It is held by some
philologists that all language had its origin in onomatopœia, words
formed by this principle being the most natural, and readily suggesting
the actions or objects producing the sounds which the words are intended
to represent.
=Euphemism= is the form of expression by which bad or dangerous things
are spoken of in gracious terms. As an example we say death is “parting”
or “falling asleep.”
=Emphasis, or Inversion=, adds greatly to the precision as well as vigor
of style when temperately used. That is, when the _predicate_ or
_object_ are much more impressive or mentally prominent than the
_subject_ they may with advantage precede it.
Any special emphasis may justify inversion. It is frequently used to
indicate a swift or abrupt action--Commands frequently assume this form
and owe to it half their force.