The Changing role of Sound-Symbolism for small versus large vocabularies

Natural language contains many examples of sound-symbolism, where the form of the word carries information about its meaning. Such systematicity is more prevalent in the words children acquire first, but arbitrariness dominates during later vocabulary development. Furthermore, systematicity appears...

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Main Authors: Brand, James, Monaghan, Padraic, Walker, Peter *
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley Commercial Publisher for Cognitive Science Society 2017
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Online Access:http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/698/1/Walker%20Peter%20The%20Changing%20Role%20of%20Sound-Symbolism.pdf
http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/698/
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