To call a cloud ‘cirrus’: sound symbolism in names for categories or items
The aim of the present paper is to experimentally test whether sound symbolism has selective effects on labels with different ranges-of-reference within a simple nounhierarchy. In two experiments, adult participants learned the make up of two categories of unfamiliar objects (‘alien life forms’),...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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2017
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83791 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42782 |