What drives sound symbolism? Different acoustic cues underlie sound-size and sound-shape mappings

Sound symbolism refers to the non-arbitrary mappings that exist between phonetic properties of speech sounds and their meaning. Despite there being an extensive literature on the topic, the acoustic features and psychological mechanisms that give rise to sound symbolism are not, as yet, altogether c...

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Main Authors: Knoeferle, K, Li, J, Maggioni, E, Spence, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2017