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What’s in a Name? Sound Symbolism and Gender in First Names

Although the arbitrariness of language has been considered one of its defining features, studies have demonstrated that certain phonemes tend to be associated with certain kinds of meaning. A well-known example is the Bouba/Kiki effect, in which nonwords like bouba are associated with round shapes w...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Sidhu, David M., Pexman, Penny M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4446333/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26016856
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126809
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