Iconicity as an organizing principle of the lexicon
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2401041122
Abstract: Significance Contrary to the widely held assumption that words are arbitrary symbols for their meaning, this study shows that when words have similar meanings, they are also similar in phonological form. Further, we find that… read more here.
Keywords: principle lexicon; language; organizing principle; iconicity organizing ... See more keywords