Sound Symbolism and the Perception of Shape and Implied Motion Público
Bankieris, Kaitlyn Rose (2010)
Abstract
Sound Symbolism and the Perception of Shape and Implied
Motion
By Kaitlyn R. Bankieris
Abstract
A growing body of sound symbolism research is beginning to
challenge the classic
linguistic assumption that the pairing of word to referent is
arbitrary. The present study
investigated this sound symbolism phenomenon during on-line
processing and the extent
to which sound symbolism relies on inter-sensory cross-activations.
A cross-modal
priming task was used, with foreign words meaning pointy, round,
still, or moving as
auditory primes and pictures varying in shape (pointy or round) or
implied motion (still
or moving) as targets. Participants classified pictorial targets
(pointy or round, still or
moving) during trials presented across three conditions: 1) Match,
in which the prime was
sound symbolic for the perceptual property of the pictorial target;
2) Mismatch, in which
the prime was sound symbolic for the perceptual property opposite
of the pictorial target;
and 3) Control, in which the prime was not sound symbolic. The
results showed that
symbolic (Match and Mismatch) trials facilitated processing in the
motion domain, but
interfered with processing in the shape domain. The current results
provide preliminary
evidence that non-arbitrary sound to meaning mappings in natural
language may affect
on-line processing of pictures and may result from low-level
cross-modal connections.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction
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Methods
Participants………………………………………………………………………14
Stimuli…………………………………………………………………………....14
Procedure………………………………………………………………………..16
Results
Response
accuracy………………………………………………………….18
Response
time…………………………………………………………………19
Discussion………………………………………………………………………..21
References……………………………………………………………………….29
Appendix A:
Primes…..…………………………………………...………34
Appendix B: Shape
targets………………………………………………36
Appendix C: Implied motion
targets……………………………….41
Table 1: Average proportion correct identification and
standard error for pictorial
targets…….………………………....45
Table 2: Mean proportion correct and standard error as a
function of domain and
congruency
condition.……………….46
Table 3: Mean response time and standard error as a
function of domain and congruency
condition....…………..47
Table 4: Mean response time and standard error as a
function of domain endpoint and sound symbolism
condition………..……...............................................…..48
Figure 1: Mean response time as a function of domain and
sound symbolism condition........................................49
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