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Cognitive neural responses in the semantic comprehension of sound symbolic words and pseudowords

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2023
IntroductionSound symbolism is the phenomenon of sounds having non-arbitrary meaning, and it has been demonstrated that pseudowords with sound symbolic elements have similar meaning to lexical words.
Kaori Sasaki, Seiichi Kadowaki, Junya Iwasaki, Marta Pijanowska, Marta Pijanowska, Hidehiko Okamoto   +5 more
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Manufacturing Nostalgia in the Digital Age: A Foreverism Perspective

Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many scholars argue that we are experiencing the era of “retro”—nostalgia‐driven marketing and consumption phenomena reinforced by digital technologies. However, existing research lacks a critical analysis of nostalgia in contemporary markets and of how digital content, tools, and environments transform retro consumption experiences and alter ...
Dinara Davlembayeva, Davit Marikyan, Jonatan Sodergren, Savvas Papagiannidis, Simos Chari   +4 more
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Beyond Reality Avoidance: Unraveling the Paradox of Escapism Through Self‐Monitoring and Autonomy Mechanisms for Consumers' Life Satisfaction

Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study introduces the Paradox of Escapism, exploring how the act of escaping reality can evolve from a short‐term avoidance strategy to a mechanism for self‐regulation and enhanced life satisfaction. Employing five rigorous, multimethod investigations, including qualitative interviews and sentiment analysis (Study 1), Structural Equation ...
Thamiris Magalhães de Sousa, Flávio Santino Bizarrias, Thelma Valéria Rocha, Larissa Luz Raposo   +3 more
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Takete and Maluma in Action: A Cross-Modal Relationship between Gestures and Sounds. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Despite Saussure's famous observation that sound-meaning relationships are in principle arbitrary, we now have a substantial body of evidence that sounds themselves can have meanings, patterns often referred to as "sound symbolism". Previous studies have
Kazuko Shinohara, Naoto Yamauchi, Shigeto Kawahara, Hideyuki Tanaka   +3 more
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Using art history to explore society's changing connections with agriculture

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Food insecurity is a looming challenge that especially affects those least fortunate. Consumer food choices have a substantial impact on the sustainability of current food systems. Here, we use art as a lens through which to consider our contemporary and historical relationship to one of the world's most crucial crops, the potato, in the context of the
Edward F. Hill‐King, Martin R. McAinsh, Michael R. Roberts   +2 more
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Cuteness modulates size sound symbolism at its extremes

Open Linguistics, 2023
Despite the rapidly growing body of research on sound symbolism, one issue that remains understudied is whether different types of sensory information interact in their sound symbolic effects.
Schmitz Dominic, Cicek Defne, Nguyen Anh Kim, Rottleb Daniel   +3 more
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Concrete in architecture: Redefining form, space, function, and insights from bibliometric analysis

Structural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract Concrete has become a cornerstone in architectural and engineering innovation, as it seamlessly integrates structural performance with artistic expression. Its evolution from ancient opus caementicium to contemporary ultra‐high‐performance concrete illustrates its adaptability to the change in technological, environmental, and design paradigms.
Mouhcine Benaicha, Khalid El Harrouni, Samir Kabouss   +2 more
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Japanese Sound-Symbolic Words for Representing the Hardness of an Object Are Judged Similarly by Japanese and English Speakers

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
Contrary to the assumption of arbitrariness in modern linguistics, sound symbolism, which is the non-arbitrary relationship between sounds and meanings, exists.
Li Shan Wong, Jinhwan Kwon, Zane Zheng, Suzy J. Styles, Maki Sakamoto, Ryo Kitada, Ryo Kitada   +6 more
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When Time Stands Still: The Destructive Experience of Ambiguous Loss among Mothers of Combat Soldiers

Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
What happens when stories refuse coherence? This article examines ambiguous loss among mothers of combat soldiers, focusing on how prolonged waiting and uncertainty infiltrate everyday life, eroding sensemaking. Drawing on ethnographic interviews, it explores how mothers experience the contraction of time and space—manifested in suspended routines ...
Shirly Bar‐Lev, Galit Itzhaki Draizin, Agamit Gelb   +2 more
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A heap of sound symbolism

Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics
Classifiers like drop or splash (of water) are commonly taken to denote portions of an approximate quantity in a specific shape. But if this is so, why can we not talk about a #drop of wood, even though wood can, in principle, occur in the size and ...
Camil Staps
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