Phonosemantic Study of Some Selected Hollywood Action Movies’ Titles

Authors

  • Hamza Ajeel Nasser Alsalihy The University of Basra, College of Education for Human Sciences, Department of English Language
  • Prof. Balqis I.G. Rashid The University of Basra, College of Education for Human Sciences, Department of English Language

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36317/kaj/2023/v1.i55.11207

Keywords:

Phonosemantics, Universal Theory, Action Movies

Abstract

      The present study tries to check the  phonosemantic meaning that sounds have in some selected Hollywood action  movies’ titles. The study adopts the Universal Theory that Agrawal suggested (2010) as a model for the analysis. The chosen movies are those movies which won  or were nominated for the Oscar award and other awards, such as BAFTA.  The study can reveal the association between the selected movies’ titles and their events. The present study is intended to accomplish the following objectives:   First shedding light on the phonological features and patterns that are found in the titles of the selected movies. Second, finding out the association between the sounds and the meanings of the titles and their reflection on the events of the related movies, and third, checking phonologically the stylistic features of the sound patterns in titles of the chosen movies. Among the most important conclusions of the study are : Sounds are meaning-bearing elements and titles reflect the events of their movies.

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Published

2023-03-01

How to Cite

Alsalihy , Hamza, and Balqis Rashid. “Phonosemantic Study of Some Selected Hollywood Action Movies’ Titles ”. Kufa Journal of Arts, vol. 1, no. 55, Mar. 2023, pp. 478-9, doi:10.36317/kaj/2023/v1.i55.11207.

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