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Phonation Types Matter in Sound Symbolism. [PDF]
Cogn Sci, 2021 Abstract Sound symbolism is a non‐arbitrary correspondence between sound and meaning. The majority of studies on sound symbolism have focused on consonants and vowels, and the sound‐symbolic properties of suprasegmentals, particularly phonation types, have been largely neglected. This study examines the size and shape symbolism of four phonation types:
Akita K.
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Iconic Words Are Associated With Iconic Gestures. [PDF]
Cogn SciAbstract Iconicity ratings studies have established that there are many English words which native speakers judge as “iconic,” that is, as sounding like what they mean. Here, we explore whether these iconic English words are more likely to be accompanied by iconic gestures.
Wilding E +3 more
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Iconicity Emerges From Language Experience: Evidence From Japanese Ideophones and Their English Equivalents. [PDF]
Cogn SciAbstract Iconicity is a relationship of resemblance between the form and meaning of a sign. Compelling evidence from diverse areas of the cognitive sciences suggests that iconicity plays a pivotal role in the processing, memory, learning, and evolution of both spoken and signed language, indicating that iconicity is a general property of language ...
Iida H, Akita K.
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A Cross-Modal and Cross-lingual Study of Iconicity in Language: Insights From Deep Learning. [PDF]
Cogn Sci, 2022 Abstract The present paper addresses the study of non‐arbitrariness in language within a deep learning framework. We present a set of experiments aimed at assessing the pervasiveness of different forms of non‐arbitrary phonological patterns across a set of typologically distant languages.
de Varda AG, Strapparava C.
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Playing With Language in the Manual Modality: Which Motions Do Signers Gradiently Modify? [PDF]
Cogn SciAbstract Language is traditionally characterized as an arbitrary, symbolic system, made up of discrete, categorical forms. But iconicity and gradience are pervasive in communication. For example, in spoken languages, word forms can be “played with” in iconic gradient ways by varying vowel length, pitch, or speed (e.g., “It's been a loooooooong day ...
Ferrara C, Lu JC, Goldin-Meadow S.
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Which Aspects of Visual Motivation Aid the Implicit Learning of Signs at First Exposure?
Language Learning, Volume 73, Issue S1, Page 33-63, December 2023., 2023 Abstract We investigated whether sign‐naïve learners can infer and learn the meaning of signs after minimal exposure to continuous, naturalistic input in the form of a weather forecast in Swedish Sign Language. Participants were L1‐English adults. Two experimental groups watched the forecast once (n = 40) or twice (n = 42); a control group did not (n =
Julia Hofweber +4 more
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Effects of Iconicity in Recognition Memory
Cognitive Science, Volume 47, Issue 11, November 2023., 2023 Abstract Iconicity refers to a resemblance between word form and meaning. Previous work has shown that iconic words are learned earlier and processed faster. Here, we examined whether iconic words are recognized better on a recognition memory task. We also manipulated the level at which items were encoded—with a focus on either their meaning or their ...
David M. Sidhu +2 more
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The Iconicity Ring Hypothesis Bridges the Gap Between Symbol Grounding and Linguistic Relativity
Topics in Cognitive Science, Volume 15, Issue 4, Page 676-682, October 2023., 2023 Abstract Kemmerer captured the drastic change in theories of word meaning representations, contrasting the view that word meaning representations are amodal and universal, with the view that they are grounded and language‐specific. However, he does not address how language can be simultaneously grounded and language‐specific.
Mutsumi Imai, Kimi Akita
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Affective iconic words benefit from additional sound-meaning integration in the left amygdala. [PDF]
Hum Brain Mapp, 2019 Abstract Recent studies have shown that a similarity between sound and meaning of a word (i.e., iconicity) can help more readily access the meaning of that word, but the neural mechanisms underlying this beneficial role of iconicity in semantic processing remain largely unknown.
Aryani A, Hsu CT, Jacobs AM.
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WIREs Cognitive Science, Volume 14, Issue 5, September/October 2023., 2023 Embodied simulation in thought and spoken language: Einstein's falling elevator passes Pharrell William's hot air balloon at the edge of space. Abstract The findings of cognitive linguistics demonstrate the thoroughly embodied grounding of linguistic constructions and linguistic meaning ranging from abstract thought to interactive communication.
Jamin Pelkey
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