ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

AT-CORE-244-007 · ATLAS 251

Resonance

An enduring relation of response: a sound, image, word, thought, or counterpart is received and answered, allowing other levels to reverberate and the participants or their field of meaning to change.

Explanation

In the Atlas, resonance connects the acoustic idea of sympathetic vibration with linguistic, aesthetic and relational effects. It is neither mere repetition nor linear transmission: something meets a distinct field of resonance, receives a response and returns as reverberation, connection or a shift in perspective. Resonance can be enabled, but neither forced nor fully predicted; difference is preserved.

Example

The recurring train motif lets the earlier journey reverberate within a later farewell scene.

Counterexample

Merely mentioning “Resonance” without the described function is not a sufficient example.

Distinction

Repetition reproduces; an echo primarily returns; resonance presupposes reception, a distinct response and possible change. The Atlas uses the term as an explicit editorial extension across acoustic, linguistic, aesthetic and relational meaning, not as a claim to one single disciplinary definition.

Effect on thought and perception

Resonance replaces linear effect with mutual response and makes meaning perceptible as reverberation, connection and possible change.

Resonance

Within the Atlas, this profile forms a methodological junction: resonance becomes visible as a responsive relation that preserves difference, rather than as mere effect.

Etymology

Technical core term; individual etymological review pending

Provenance

ATLAS 241 residual-case triage → ATLAS 244 controlled integration → ATLAS 247 bilingual editorial extension and dedicated visualisation

Cite this entry

Reich, Michael (Hrsg./ed.): „Resonance“. Atlas der Sprache, AT-CORE-244-007. ATLAS 251, data model 1.6.0. https://atlasoflanguage.com/concept/AT-CORE-244-007

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