Examination of Manner of Motion Sound Symbolism for English Nonce Verbs
| Autor: | Janis Nuckolls, David Eddington |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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lcsh:Language and Literature
050101 languages & linguistics Linguistics and Language geography geography.geographical_feature_category motion sound symbolism experimental linguistics 05 social sciences Jerky movements English language Contrast (music) 050105 experimental psychology Language and Linguistics Motion (physics) Linguistics magnitude sound symbolism lcsh:P 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences cognitive linguistics Sound symbolism Psychology Cognitive linguistics Sound (geography) Cryptographic nonce |
| Zdroj: | Languages Volume 4 Issue 4 Languages, Vol 4, Iss 4, p 85 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2226-471X |
| DOI: | 10.3390/languages4040085 |
| Popis: | This paper offers cross-experimental verification of a previous study that found that English speakers considered velars, palatals, glides, and high vowels to be sound-symbolic of light and jerky movements. Heavy and smooth movements, by contrast, were associated with affricates, glottals, laterals, and non-high vowels. The present study sought to evaluate these findings through a novel experiment with English speaking subjects, who were asked to choose appropriate sound-symbolically constructed nonce verbs for sentences describing light, heavy, smooth, or jerky manners of motion. Our results support many of Saji et al.&rsquo s findings and also offer original insights. We find complex interactions between a sound&rsquo s potential for sound-symbolic effects, and its position in initial or second syllables of disyllabic nonce words. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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