Roles of Consonants and Vowels in Takete-Maluma and Bouba-Kiki Phenomenon
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- 10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_132How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Sound symbolism; consonants; vowels; synaesthesia; speech processing
- Abstract
Sound symbolism has been widely studied in modern times as a phenomenon that overturns the assumption of the irrelevance of sound and meaning. In recent studies, sound symbolism has come to refer to the association of unarbitrary sounds and meanings by listeners. For example, people associate a figure with a rounded curve with the pseudoword “maluma” and a figure with an uneven sharp corner with the pseudoword “takete.” Linguists have varied views on what causes this contentious occurrence. This article will present the origins and development of sound symbolism, introduce the concept of synaesthesia, and analyze the different views and arguments that consonants play a more important influence on sound symbolism and vowels play a more important influence on sound symbolism. This paper may be useful for those who would like to have an overview of the general history and development of the sound symbolism phenomenon, and research related to the causes of sound symbolism.
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TY - CONF AU - Dixuan Gong PY - 2023 DA - 2023/02/13 TI - Roles of Consonants and Vowels in Takete-Maluma and Bouba-Kiki Phenomenon BT - Proceedings of the 2022 4th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 1038 EP - 1044 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_132 DO - 10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_132 ID - Gong2023 ER -