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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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, 2013 The following presentation is based on a database of 243 ideophones taken from various dictionaries and sources. It should be stressed that generally the use of ideophones in Hausa is very common. They will be analysed morphologically and syntactically, trying also to categorise them according to their phonetics and semantics.
Baldi, Sergio
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An Autistic "Linguatype"? Neologisms, New Words, and New Insights. [PDF]
Autism ResABSTRACT In this commentary, we present new ideas about autistic neologisms. This essay has two primary goals. First, we argue that an autistic predilection to form neologisms generates intriguing new hypotheses about language in autism, including the possibility that a tendency to use neologisms could be a featural element of an autistic “linguatype” (
Zane E, Luyster RJ.
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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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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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Iconicity in Ideophones: Guessing, Memorizing, and Reassessing
Cognitive Science, Volume 47, Issue 4, April 2023., 2023 Abstract Iconicity, or the resemblance between form and meaning, is often ascribed to a special status and contrasted with default assumptions of arbitrariness in spoken language. But does iconicity in spoken language have a special status when it comes to learnability?
Thomas Van Hoey +3 more
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Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2022., 2022 Abstract Guébie is an Eastern Kru language spoken by about 7000 people in the Gagnoa prefecture of Côte d’Ivoire. This paper provides an overview of the phonology of Guébie, including the complex tone system with four contrastive pitch heights, multiple types of vowel harmony, reduplication in multiple morphosyntactic contexts, CVCV/CCV alternations ...
Hannah Sande
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