For example, the opposition between acute and grave phonemes has the capacity to suggest an image of bright and dark, of pointed and rounded, of thin and thick, of light and heavy, etc.
Mary Decker, Athlete (1958) |
Lane Evans, Politician (1951) |
Greta Gerwig, Actress (1983) |
William Rowan Hamilton, Mathematician (1805) |
Knut Hamsun, Author (1859) |
John Harrington, Writer (1561) |
Edward Irving, Clergyman (1792) |
Daniel Dae Kim, Actor (1968) |
Osbert Lancaster, Cartoonist (1908) |
Harry Lauder, Entertainer (1870) |
Hans Christian Andersen, Author (1875) |
John Bacon, Sculptor (1799) |
Jeanne Calment, Celebrity (1997) |
Lord Thomson Of Fleet, Publisher (1976) |
William Floyd, Politician (1821) |