Onomatopoeic designations of knocks in Finno-Ugric and Turkic languages
The present paper deals with onomatopoeic designations of knocks (Instants) and their relationship with onomatopoeic designations of vibrating dissonance-like sounds (Frequentatives). Moreover, one case of figurative meaning characteristic of such types of sound iconic words is discussed. The research is based on the material of Finno-Ugric (Volgaic and Permic) and Turkic languages.