Sidhu, DM;
Vigliocco, G;
Pexman, PM;
(2022)
Higher order factors of sound symbolism.
Journal of Memory and Language
, 125
, Article 104323. 10.1016/j.jml.2022.104323.
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Abstract
Sound symbolism refers to associations between certain language sounds (i.e., phonemes) and perceptual and/or semantic properties. Crucially, the different associations of a phoneme do not appear to be wholly independent. For instance, the phoneme /i/ is associated with sharpness, smallness and brightness. Previous work has shown that these properties are all related to one another (Walker et al., 2012). This suggests that higher order factors may underlie sound symbolic associations. In Experiment 1 we measured 25 different associations of phonemes and found that these associations clustered according to the higher order factors of: activity, valence, potency and novelty. In addition, certain phonemes were found to go along with different higher order factors. Then, in Experiments 2a and 2b, we demonstrated that higher order factors can play a role in associations between phonemes and abstract shape stimuli. Together these results characterize the role of higher order semantic properties in sound symbolism and contribute to our understanding of the mechanisms underlying sound symbolism.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Higher order factors of sound symbolism |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jml.2022.104323 |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2022.104323 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Experimental Psychology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10147434 |
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