Sound symbolism refers to an association between phonemes and stimuli containing
particular perceptual and/or semantic elements (eg, objects of a certain size or shape) …

Ideophones (also known as expressives or mimetics, and including onomatopoeia) have
been systematically studied in linguistics since the 1850s, when they were first described as …

Statistics for Linguists: An Introduction Using R is the first statistics textbook on linear models
for linguistics. The book covers simple uses of linear models through generalized models to …

Sensorimotor information plays a fundamental role in cognition. However, the existing
materials that measure the sensorimotor basis of word meanings and concepts have been …

Humans live in a perceptual world. All of humanity's accomplishments, from agriculture to
space travel, depend on us being able to interact with the world through seeing, feeling …

Iconic words and signs are characterized by a perceived resemblance between aspects of
their form and aspects of their meaning. For example, in English, iconic words include peep …

Cross-modal integration between sound and texture is important to perception and action.
Here we show this has repercussions for the structure of spoken languages. We present a …

Experimental and cross-linguistic evidence suggests that certain speech sounds are
associated with size, especially high front vowels with 'small'and low back vowels with …

How abstract is language? We show that abstractness pervades every corner of language,
going far beyond the usual examples of freedom and justice. In the light of the ubiquity of …

Researchers have suggested that the vocabularies of languages are oriented towards the
communicative needs of language users. Here, we provide evidence demonstrating that the …