Sound Symbolism

Sound symbolism is a branch of linguistics and refers to the idea that vocal sounds have meaning .

Which of these shapes is bouba and which is kiki ?

90% of the world population make the same association.

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“ gl- ” words for shiny things glisten, gleam, glint, glare, glam, glimmer, glaze, glass, glitz, gloss, glory, glow, and glitter. 1 2 3 4

An /m/ before the /p/ in some words makes the action more forceful - compare 'stamp' with 'step' or 'tamp' with 'tap' 1 2 3 4

Phenomimes Some languages (Japanese, Korean,…) possess a category of words midway between onomatopoeia and usual words. 1 2 3 4

どきどき [doki doki] means a throbbing heart きらきら [kira kira] means sparklingly 1 2 3 4

How sound symbolism can be useful? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Clustering in German ,[object Object]

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