Ontology highlight
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SUBMITTER: Margiotoudi K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6722092 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Margiotoudi Konstantina K Allritz Matthias M Bohn Manuel M Pulvermüller Friedemann F
Scientific reports 20190903 1
Theories on the evolution of language highlight iconicity as one of the unique features of human language. One important manifestation of iconicity is sound symbolism, the intrinsic relationship between meaningless speech sounds and visual shapes, as exemplified by the famous correspondences between the pseudowords 'maluma' vs. 'takete' and abstract curved and angular shapes. Although sound symbolism has been studied extensively in humans including young children and infants, it has never been i ...[more]