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Dictionary of language and linguistics 968psychological objectfocuspsychology of languagepsycholinguisticspulmonic [Lat. pulmo ‘lungs’]1 Of or referring to the lungs.2 Sounds formed with the pulmonic airstream mechanism. Most sounds in English,except stop consonants, are formed with the pulmonic airstream mechanism.phoneticsReferencespulmonic airstream mechanismairstream mechanismpun (also paronomasia)A figure of speech of repetition. A play on words through the coupling of words thatsound similar but which are very different semantically and etymologically, e.g. Is lifeworth living? That depends on the liver. ( figura etymologica, polyptoton)References