The emotional symbolism of two english E-sounds: /I/ as in "cheap" is pleasant and /I/ as in "chip" active

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 149-165

  Whissell, Cynthia ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMOTION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; LITERATURE; MUSIC; NOMENCLATURE; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SYMBOLISM;

EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MUSIC; NAMES; PHONETICS; POETRY; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 0042344819     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2003.96.1.149     Document Type: Article

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