Antonymic phonetic symbolism in three natural languages.
- 1 November 1968
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Vol. 10 (3) , 301-305
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0026575
Abstract
American Ss matched English antonym pairs with antonym pairs from Thai, Kanarese, and Yoruba. The pairs represented the 3 major dimensions of the semantic differential, and referred to both sensible and nonsensible continua. Correct translations were made from all languages and in all semantic domains sampled, indicating that phonetic symbolism is not restricted to terms denoting magnitude and its common associates, nor to sensible domains alone. Performance was similar under conditions of audiovisual and visual presentation, but was positively related to a S's foreign language experience. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)Keywords
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