Phonological and orthographic influences in the bouba–kiki effect
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DOI: 10.1007/s00426-015-0709-2
Abstract: We examine a high-profile phenomenon known as the bouba–kiki effect, in which non-word names are assigned to abstract shapes in systematic ways (e.g. rounded shapes are preferentially labelled bouba over kiki). In a detailed evaluation… read more here.
Keywords: bouba kiki; shape; word; effect ... See more keywords
Bo-NO-bouba-kiki: picture-word mapping but no spontaneous sound symbolic speech-shape mapping in a language trained bonobo
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1717
Abstract: Humans share the ability to intuitively map ‘sharp’ or ‘round’ pseudowords, such as ‘bouba’ versus ‘kiki’, to abstract edgy versus round shapes, respectively. This effect, known as sound symbolism, appears early in human development. The… read more here.
Keywords: language; sound symbolism; spontaneous sound; english words ... See more keywords
Assessing sound symbolism: Investigating phonetic forms, visual shapes and letter fonts in an implicit bouba-kiki experimental paradigm
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208874
Abstract: Classically, in the bouba-kiki association task, a subject is asked to find the best association between one of two shapes–a round one and a spiky one–and one of two pseudowords–bouba and kiki. Numerous studies report… read more here.
Keywords: sound symbolism; bouba kiki; paradigm; kiki ... See more keywords