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What’s in a Name? Sound Symbolism and Gender in First Names

Although the arbitrariness of language has been considered one of its defining features, studies have demonstrated that certain phonemes tend to be associated with certain kinds of meaning. A well-known example is the Bouba/Kiki effect, in which nonwords like bouba are associated with round shapes w...

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Autores principales: Sidhu, David M., Pexman, Penny M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4446333/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26016856
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126809