Symbolism in Nez Perce / Haruo Aoki -- Nootkan vocative vocalism and its implications / William H. Jacobsen -- Relative motivation in denotational and indexical sound symbolism of Wasco-Wishram ...

The sound of a word like “knife” or “truck” seems totally arbitrary–it’s just a random sound we’ve assigned to a thing, right? But for several decades, scientists have found good evidence that the ...

The words "tick-tock," "hiss" and "screech" are examples of onomatopoeia because they imitate the sounds they represent: the rhythmic ticking of a clock; an angry cat, or a slowly deflating bike tire; ...

Smoother-sounding names like Liam or Noelle were judged as more agreeable and emotional, while spikier-sounding names like Tate or Krista were judged as more extroverted. OTTAWA: Imagine you're hiring ...

A field of linguistics, not without its skeptics, known as sound symbolism, posits that certain sounds have certain meanings, and that these sounds trigger imagery that is consistent and meaningful.