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Christine C. Muscat; Monika Molnar; Jovana Pejovic – Language Learning and Development, 2025
By 12 months of age, infants exhibit behavioral sensitivity to sound symbolism (e.g. sound-shape correspondences) when they hear universally sound symbolic pseudowords (e.g. "bouba," "kiki"). Here, we investigated whether infant's sensitivity to sound-shape correspondences is affected when they hear language-specific sound…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Infants, Spanish, Languages
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Hannah Lutzenberger; Marisa Casillas; Paula Fikkert; Onno Crasborn; Connie de Vos – Language Learning and Development, 2024
The lack of diversity in the language sciences has increasingly been criticized as it holds the potential for producing flawed theories. Research on (i) geographically diverse language communities and (ii) on sign languages is necessary to corroborate, sharpen, and extend existing theories. This study contributes a case study of adapting a…
Descriptors: Phonology, Sign Language, Nonverbal Communication, Sociocultural Patterns