The bouba/kiki effect is robust across cultures and writing systems

The bouba/kiki effect the association of the nonce word bouba with a round shape and kiki with a spiky shape is a type of correspondence between speech sounds and visual properties with potentially deep implications for the evolution of spoken language. However, there is debate over the robustness o...

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Autores: Ćwiek, Aleksandra, Fuchs, Susanne, Draxler, Christoph, Asu, Eva Liina, Dediu, Dan, Hiovain, Katri, Kawahara, Shigeto, Koutalidis, Sofia, Krifka, Manfred, Lippus, Pärtel, Lupyan, Gary, Oh, Grace E., Paul, Jing, Petrone, Caterina, Ridouane, Rachid, Reiter, Sabine, Schümchen, Nathalie, Szalontai, Ádám, Ünal-Logacev, Özlem, Zeller, Jochen, Perlman, Marcus, Winter, Bodo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/183962
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Palabra clave:Simbolisme fònic
Etnolingüística
Sound symbolism
Ethnolinguistics
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spelling The bouba/kiki effect is robust across cultures and writing systemsĆwiek, AleksandraFuchs, SusanneDraxler, ChristophAsu, Eva LiinaDediu, DanHiovain, KatriKawahara, ShigetoKoutalidis, SofiaKrifka, ManfredLippus, PärtelLupyan, GaryOh, Grace E.Paul, JingPetrone, CaterinaRidouane, RachidReiter, SabineSchümchen, NathalieSzalontai, ÁdámÜnal-Logacev, ÖzlemZeller, JochenPerlman, MarcusWinter, BodoSimbolisme fònicEtnolingüísticaSound symbolismEthnolinguisticsThe bouba/kiki effect the association of the nonce word bouba with a round shape and kiki with a spiky shape is a type of correspondence between speech sounds and visual properties with potentially deep implications for the evolution of spoken language. However, there is debate over the robustness of the effect across cultures and the influence of orthography. We report an online experiment that tested the bouba/kiki effect across speakers of 25 languages representing nine language families and 10 writing systems. Overall, we found strong evidence for the effect across languages, with bouba eliciting more congruent responses than kiki. Participants who spoke languages with Roman scripts were only marginally more likely to show the effect, and analysis of the orthographic shape of the words in different scripts showed that the effect was no stronger for scripts that use rounder forms for bouba and spikier forms for kiki. These results confirm that the bouba/kiki phenomenon is rooted in crossmodal correspondence between aspects of the voice and visual shape, largely independent of orthography. They provide the strongest demonstration to date that the bouba/kiki effect is robust across cultures and writing systems. This article is part of the theme issue 'Voice modulation: from origin and mechanism to social impact (Part II)'.The Royal Society2022202220212022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion13 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/183962Articles publicats en revistes (Filologia Catalana i Lingüística General)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0390Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2021, vol. 377, num. 1841, p. 20200390https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0390(c) &#262wiek, Aleksandra et al., 2021info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/1839622026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The bouba/kiki effect is robust across cultures and writing systems
title The bouba/kiki effect is robust across cultures and writing systems
spellingShingle The bouba/kiki effect is robust across cultures and writing systems
Ćwiek, Aleksandra
Simbolisme fònic
Etnolingüística
Sound symbolism
Ethnolinguistics
title_short The bouba/kiki effect is robust across cultures and writing systems
title_full The bouba/kiki effect is robust across cultures and writing systems
title_fullStr The bouba/kiki effect is robust across cultures and writing systems
title_full_unstemmed The bouba/kiki effect is robust across cultures and writing systems
title_sort The bouba/kiki effect is robust across cultures and writing systems
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ćwiek, Aleksandra
Fuchs, Susanne
Draxler, Christoph
Asu, Eva Liina
Dediu, Dan
Hiovain, Katri
Kawahara, Shigeto
Koutalidis, Sofia
Krifka, Manfred
Lippus, Pärtel
Lupyan, Gary
Oh, Grace E.
Paul, Jing
Petrone, Caterina
Ridouane, Rachid
Reiter, Sabine
Schümchen, Nathalie
Szalontai, Ádám
Ünal-Logacev, Özlem
Zeller, Jochen
Perlman, Marcus
Winter, Bodo
author Ćwiek, Aleksandra
author_facet Ćwiek, Aleksandra
Fuchs, Susanne
Draxler, Christoph
Asu, Eva Liina
Dediu, Dan
Hiovain, Katri
Kawahara, Shigeto
Koutalidis, Sofia
Krifka, Manfred
Lippus, Pärtel
Lupyan, Gary
Oh, Grace E.
Paul, Jing
Petrone, Caterina
Ridouane, Rachid
Reiter, Sabine
Schümchen, Nathalie
Szalontai, Ádám
Ünal-Logacev, Özlem
Zeller, Jochen
Perlman, Marcus
Winter, Bodo
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Draxler, Christoph
Asu, Eva Liina
Dediu, Dan
Hiovain, Katri
Kawahara, Shigeto
Koutalidis, Sofia
Krifka, Manfred
Lippus, Pärtel
Lupyan, Gary
Oh, Grace E.
Paul, Jing
Petrone, Caterina
Ridouane, Rachid
Reiter, Sabine
Schümchen, Nathalie
Szalontai, Ádám
Ünal-Logacev, Özlem
Zeller, Jochen
Perlman, Marcus
Winter, Bodo
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author
author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Simbolisme fònic
Etnolingüística
Sound symbolism
Ethnolinguistics
topic Simbolisme fònic
Etnolingüística
Sound symbolism
Ethnolinguistics
description The bouba/kiki effect the association of the nonce word bouba with a round shape and kiki with a spiky shape is a type of correspondence between speech sounds and visual properties with potentially deep implications for the evolution of spoken language. However, there is debate over the robustness of the effect across cultures and the influence of orthography. We report an online experiment that tested the bouba/kiki effect across speakers of 25 languages representing nine language families and 10 writing systems. Overall, we found strong evidence for the effect across languages, with bouba eliciting more congruent responses than kiki. Participants who spoke languages with Roman scripts were only marginally more likely to show the effect, and analysis of the orthographic shape of the words in different scripts showed that the effect was no stronger for scripts that use rounder forms for bouba and spikier forms for kiki. These results confirm that the bouba/kiki phenomenon is rooted in crossmodal correspondence between aspects of the voice and visual shape, largely independent of orthography. They provide the strongest demonstration to date that the bouba/kiki effect is robust across cultures and writing systems. This article is part of the theme issue 'Voice modulation: from origin and mechanism to social impact (Part II)'.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0390
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2021, vol. 377, num. 1841, p. 20200390
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0390
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