Re: Phonosemantics
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, December 10, 2007, 2:35 |
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Hm. I've read mentions of such links in pop-sci treatments (Pinker
vel sim). I seem to recall that there hadn't been a conclusive study
but the consensus based on anecdotal evidence is that it doesn't go
very far beyond baby talk - something close to "ma" being associated
with mother/milk/breast, etc. I'm afraid it was a while back and I no
longer know where I read it, and I could be totally misremembering.
How's THAT for helpful? :\
On 12/9/07, li_sasxsek@nutter.net <li_sasxsek@...> wrote:
> I'm wondering if anyone knows any good online resources related to
> phonosemantics. In particular, I'm looking for anything that may
> point to universal tendencies that connect certain sounds to
> certain meanings. I've tried a google search with little luck.
> The only thing I've found so far was related to English, but I'm
> trying to see if any general studies have been done.
>
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
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