Speakers of 28 languages linked sound and shape at least 88% of the time, in ‘strongest case of sound symbolism to date’
  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    2 年前

    I always wondered if the Bouba/Kiki effect was reflected in the shape of the associated letters, or if it was just a coincidence.

    I can’t think of any writing systems that associate an “r” sound with a jagged-line character, though.

  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
    7·
    2 年前

    I’m guessing it’s to do with the perturbed waveform. Someone should do a followup study to see whether any other sounds with similar characteristics(i.e. an idling car engine, a TR-808 drum machine handclap) would have similar associations.

  • Deebster@programming.dev
    3·
    2 年前

    Palikúr

    I’d never heard of this language - Palikúr is an indigenous South American language spoken in Brazil and French Guiana (only 1500 speakers).

  • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
    2·
    2 年前

    i want to know what “jagged” means here. rolled Rs are too soft to form the “jagged” characteristic i imagine from a T sound. i see a rolled R as more of a rectified sine wave, half-rounded.

    then again if the other line was completely flat…