nomatopoeia: Words that imitate sounds (e.g., "Splash," "Plop").
yperbole: Extreme exaggeration (e.g., "I’ve told you a million times to wash your hair"). Shampoo subtitles English
: Some researchers use massive databases of English film subtitles to estimate how often words like "shampoo" occur in natural spoken language compared to written texts. 3. Practical English Learning nomatopoeia: Words that imitate sounds (e
imile: Comparing two things using "like" or "as" (e.g., "Her hair was as soft as silk"). Calque (literal translation)
xymoron: Contradictory terms side-by-side (e.g., "Dry shampoo"). 2. Translation & Subtitling Research
: A study on the Saudi series Alkhallat explores how specific terms are subtitled into English using strategies like Loan (transferring the word as-is, e.g., "shampoo"), Calque (literal translation), or Substitution .
lliteration: Repetition of initial consonant sounds (e.g., "Silky, shiny shampoo").