A crosslinguistic investigation of phonetic symbolism.
- 1 May 1961
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology
- Vol. 62 (3) , 623-630
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0045212
Abstract
An analysis of the sound of words demonstrated that in both English and Japanese, initial vowels and consonants are pleasant and the latter vowels and consonants are as unpleasant. Similarity in symbolism on the basis of the phonetic aspect was found between words in English and Japanese. From Psyc Abstracts 36:04:4GH23M. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)Keywords
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