In the course of long years of use and in the light of iconicity of the English language symbols,some sounds are often used to express certain meaning,and give us certain semantic association.

• 语音象征指语言在长期使用的过程中,依据语言符号象似性的原理,某些语音常用于表示某种意思,给人某种语义联想,这些语音似乎具有了自己固定的象征含义。