Sound and meaning in the world's languages

W. Tecumseh Fitch ()
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W. Tecumseh Fitch: Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna 1020, Austria.

Nature, 2016, vol. 539, issue 7627, 39-40

Abstract: The sounds of words that represent particular meanings are usually thought to vary arbitrarily across languages. However, a large-scale study of languages finds that some associations between sound and meaning are widespread.

Date: 2016
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