As to onomatopoetic expressions, we find interesting examples in Hopi.
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Expressions
//ɪkˈspɹɛʃ.ənz//
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constructionformulationphrasesayingaccentadageaddressadjectival phraseaffirmationairairingallegationanaanalectsangelophanyannouncementanswerantonymaphorismapostrophe
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apothegmappearanceardorarticulatenessarticulationaspectassertionasseverationavataravermentavulsionaxiombywordcantandocastcatchwordcharacterizationchoice of wordschristophanyclausecollected sayingscommand of languagecommand of wordscommentcommunicationcompositionconcentrationcountenancecrackcurrent sayingcutting outdeclarationdecoctiondeliverydemilegatodemonstrationdenominationdenotationdepthderacinationdesignation
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dialectdictatedictiondictumdifferentiationdisclosuredisentanglementdisseminationdistichdistillationdrawingdrawing outdredgingdrillingeffective styleeloquenceeloquent tongueembodimentemotionenucleation
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enunciationepigramepiphanyeradicationevidenceevincementevolvementevulsionexcavationexcisionexclamationexecutionexpressivenessexsectionextirpationextractionextricationfacefacundityfeelingfelicitousnessfelicityfingeringformulafree formfrontgesturegift of expressiongift of gabglibnessglissandognomegolden sayinggrammargraphicnessgreetingheaded grouphinthomographhomonymhomophoneidentificationidiomidiotismincarnationindicationindicativenessinfusionintensityinterjectionintonationissuelanguagelegatolexemelinguistic formlocutionlogoslookloudnessmanifestationmanner of speakingmaterializationmaxim
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meaningmeaningfulnessmentionmetonymmezzo staccatomienminimum free formminingmonosyllablemoralmotmottomusic-makingnamingnotenoun phrasenuanceobservationoracleoratory
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paragraphparlanceparlandoparthian shotpassionpathospeculiar expressionperformanceperiodphrasal idiomphraseologyphrasingpianismpicking outpithy sayingpizzicatopneumatophanypointingpointing outpointing topolysyllablepositionpreceptprescriptpressingpressing outpronouncementproofproverbproverbial sayingproverbspublicationpullingquarryingquestionreflectionremarkreminderremovalrenderingrenditionrepercussionrepresentationrevelationrhetoricripping outrubatosatanophanysawsayselectionsensitivitysentencesententious expressionset phraseshadingshowshowingsignsignificationsilver tongueslicknesssloganslokaslursmoothnesssoakingsoftnessspecificationspeechspiccatospiritsqueezingsqueezing outstaccatostandard phrasestatementsteepingstock sayingstylesubjoindersuggestionsutrasyllablesymbolsymptomaticnesssynonymsyntactic structuretalkteachingtermtexttheophanythoughttokentonetouchturn of expressionturn of phraseunrootinguprootingusageuse of wordsusus loquendiutteranceventverb complexverb phraseverbalismverbalizationverbiageverbumversevisagevividnessvocablevoicevoicingway of speakingwisdomwisdom literaturewise sayingwithdrawalwitticismwordword-groupwordagewordingwords of wisdomwresting out
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English is a language abounding in idiomatic expressions.
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The teacher said we had to learn all these expressions by heart.
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There are a lot of expressions used by English people.
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