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Peggy Liaw; David M. Sidhu; Lorraine D. Reggin; Penny M. Pexman – Developmental Science, 2026
Sound symbolism refers to associations between language sounds and certain perceptual or semantic properties. One well-studied example is the maluma/takete effect, in which individuals tend to associate round-sounding nonwords like maluma with round shapes, and spiky-sounding nonwords like takete with spiky shapes. This phenomenon suggests that…
Descriptors: Children, Learning Modalities, Correlation, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence