Home › Glossary › Letter E

Echoic amplification

Device
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

Want to hear it? Click the Listen button to hear the browser speak the word using text-to-speech!

The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

The progressive enlargement of echoed sounds or motifs to build auditory or emotional volume.

Detailed Definition
Echoic amplification repeats and expands sonic motifs, crescendoing like fading echoes reversed. Romantic in Shelley's windy builds, it amplifies in Ginsberg's howls. Poets use it to intensify presence, heightening climax. This device appears to mimic resonance's growth, engaging senses. Amplification echoicly swells impact, transforming whispers into roars.
Example
Example in poetry:
Coleridge amplifies echoes in "Kubla Khan" for exotic build; Hypothetical: Amplifying whisper to roar in fear; Allen Ginsberg amplifies "howl" echoes; Walt Whitman amplifies "I sing"; Romantic odes amplify nature calls.
Additional Notes
Echoic amplification crescendos repeats, sonic build; enlarge echoes; Coleridge amplifies Khan; usage: for volume; academics relate to onomatopoeia evolution.
Also Known As
Amplifying echo Sonic crescendo
Skip to main content