How to paint with language https://www.mpg.de/7945482/painting-with-language
In all language of the world, words are used above all in personal interactions, in combination with gestures and facial expressions – this is shown, in particular, by the study of ideophones, vivid sensory words that thrive in conversations around the world.
many languages, ideophones are introduced by quotative markers or “say” or “do” verbs