Phonosymbolism and the emotional nature of sounds: Evidence of the preferential use of particular phonemes in texts of differing emotional tone

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-48

  Whissell, Cynthia ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EMOTION; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; LITERATURE; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SYMBOLISM;

AFFECT; EMOTIONS; ESTHETICS; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; LITERATURE, MODERN; PHONETICS; POETRY; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SOFTWARE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 0033175551     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1999.89.1.19     Document Type: Article

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