Early sound symbolism for vowel sounds

i-Perception

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 239-241

  Spector, Ferrinne ^a,b   Maurer, Daphne ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b EDGEWOOD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross modal perception; Naturally biased associations; Perceptual development; Sensory associations; Sound symbolism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879147963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20416695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/i0535     Document Type: Article

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