Cross-sensory correspondences and symbolism in spoken and written language

Lexical sound symbolism in language appears to exploit the feature associations embedded in cross-sensory rrespondences. For example, words incorporating relatively high acoustic frequencies (i.e., front/close rather than back/open vowels) are deemed more appropriate as names for concepts associated...

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Main Author: Walker, Peter *
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Psychological Association 2016
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Online Access:http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/536/1/Walker%20Peter%20Correspondences_Symbolism.pdf
http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/536/
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