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Would you hire Liam over Kirk? Name sound symbolism and hiring
Acta PsychologicaSound symbolism is the phenomenon by which certain language sounds evoke particular associations. Previous work has demonstrated that names evoke personality associations based on the sounds they contain, with names containing sonorant consonants evoking
David M. Sidhu +3 more
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Examination of Manner of Motion Sound Symbolism for English Nonce Verbs
Languages, 2019 This paper offers cross-experimental verification of a previous study that found that English speakers considered velars, palatals, glides, and high vowels to be sound-symbolic of light and jerky movements.
David Ellingson Eddington +1 more
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Risk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 17, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT The article examines how ‘soft’ information functions in rational organisations that emphasise hard information, and how this affects safety. Drawing on fieldwork in a high‐security prison, we analyse how frontline personnel interpret soft information about potential disturbances. We identify three coexisting institutional logics shaping these
Grethe Midtlyng +1 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 456-473, June 2026.While death remains a popular topic for anthropology, relatively few ethnographic accounts consider the modern bureaucratic processes accompanying it. One such process is public health autopsy, which scholars have largely taken for granted. Existing analysis has regarded it as a form of ‘cultural brokering’ and autopsy reluctance in communities is seen,
David M.R. Orr
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Disraeli, Gladstone, and the Royal Titles Bill, 1876: Part 1
Parliamentary History, Volume 45, Issue 2, Page 240-265, June 2026.Abstract The Royal Titles Bill (1876) proved to be contentious because it raised fraught issues of royal prerogative, constitutional legality, political perspective, parliamentary strategy, journalistic practice, and public opinion. Disraeli insisted that Queen Victoria could choose the supplementary title, empress of India, while Gladstone and his ...
Robert O'Kell
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Guessing Meaning From Word Sounds of Unfamiliar Languages: A Cross-Cultural Sound Symbolism Study
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Sound symbolism refers to a non-arbitrary relationship between the sound of a word and its meaning. With the aim to better investigate this relationship by using natural languages, in the present cross-linguistic study 215 Italian and Polish participants
Anita D’Anselmo +4 more
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Sound Symbolic Linking in the Presence of Preprocessing
, 2013 Formal verification enables developers to provide safety and security guarantees about their code. A modular verification approach supports the verification of different pieces of an application in separation. We propose symbolic linking as such a modular approach, since it allows to decide whether or not earlier verified source files can be safely ...
Vanspauwen, Gijs, Jacobs, Bart
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Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 3, June 2026.Abstract In the western United States, conservation practitioners are increasingly working with private landowners to restore habitat for North American beavers (Castor canadensis) and to use nonlethal mitigation techniques when beavers damage crops and infrastructure.
Brian D. Erickson, Megan S. Jones
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Voice quality has robust visual associations in English and Japanese speakers
Open LinguisticsWhile most studies on sound symbolism have examined the meaning of consonants and vowels, suprasegmentals can also have meaning. English and Japanese speakers rated systematically created novel words (e.g., /ába/) pronounced in four types of voice ...
Akita Kimi
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Journal of Consumer Affairs, Volume 60, Issue 2, Summer 2026.ABSTRACT Visually impaired individuals represent a sizable segment of the global population but remain underrepresented in consumer research. Existing literature mainly frames visually impaired consumers (VICs) through a vulnerability lens, focusing on shopping barriers and assistive remedies.
Bruno Veneziano Cornacchioni +4 more
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