Early Sound Symbolism for Vowel Sounds
| Autor: | Daphne Maurer, Ferrinne Spector |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
Consonant
geography geography.geographical_feature_category perceptual development Crossmodal Speech recognition lcsh:BF1-990 Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Context (language use) naturally biased associations Sensory Systems Article Ophthalmology sound symbolism lcsh:Psychology cross-modal perception Artificial Intelligence Vowel Mid vowel Syllable Sound symbolism Psychology Sound (geography) sensory associations |
| Zdroj: | i-Perception, Vol 4 (2013) i-Perception |
| ISSN: | 2041-6695 |
| Popis: | Children and adults consistently match some words (e.g., kiki) to jagged shapes and other words (e.g., bouba) to rounded shapes, providing evidence for non-arbitrary sound–shape mapping. In this study, we investigated the influence of vowels on sound–shape matching in toddlers, using four contrasting pairs of nonsense words differing in vowel sound (/i/ as in feet vs. /o/ as in boat) and four rounded–jagged shape pairs. Crucially, we used reduplicated syllables (e.g., kiki vs. koko) rather than confounding vowel sound with consonant context and syllable variability (e.g., kiki vs. bouba). Toddlers consistently matched words with /o/ to rounded shapes and words with /i/ to jagged shapes ( p < 0.01). The results suggest that there may be naturally biased correspondences between vowel sound and shape. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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