- In linguistics,
sound symbolism is the
perceptual similarity between speech sounds and
concept meanings. It is a form of
linguistic iconicity. For example...
- p. 30 Shisler,
Benjamin K. (1997). Phonesthetics". The
Influence of
Phonesthesia on the
English Language. Crystal,
David (2011). A
Dictionary of Linguistics...
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Steven Pinker suggests that in fact the name is an "egregious example" of
phonesthesia—with the
company attempting to "switch its
image from bad
people who...
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despite the fact that
phonesthemes are non-compositional.
Discussions of
phonesthesia are
often grouped with
other phenomena under the
rubric of
sound symbolism...
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second element of the vowel.
Vowel length is not distinctive,
apart from
phonesthesia (as in /fẽˤː˥/ "nothing"),
morphemic contractions, and
shortened grammatical...
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touched on a wide
range of subjects,
including semantics, intonation,
phonesthesia, and the
politics of language. His 1971 book The
Phrasal Verb in English...
