Tactile perception and sound symbolism across cultures

• Main Author: Wong, Li Shan
• Other Authors: Ryo Kitada
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2021
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/150986
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The acoustic features of words are considered to be arbitrarily associated with its meaning in modern linguistics. However, studies have increasingly shown that non-arbitrary associations between sounds and meanings may be present in some words. Despite the background observed in this non-arbitrary...