Analysing spells in the Harry Potter series: Sound-symbolic effects of syllable lengths, voiced obstruents and low vowels
The current study is the first to attempt to perform a sound-symbolic analysis of the spells featured in the Harry Potter series. The present research analysed 171 spells in terms of syllable lengths and the number of voiced obstruents and stressed low vowels. The results showed that the Killing Cur...
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| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2021-09-01
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| Series: | Open Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2021-0025 |