The sound symbolism bootstrapping hypothesis for language acquisition and language evolution

Sound symbolism is a non-arbitrary relationship between speech sounds and meaning. We review evidence that, contrary to the traditional view in linguistics, sound symbolism is an important design feature of language, which affects online processing of language, and most importantly, language acquisi...

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Published in:	Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences Vol. 369; no. 1651; p. 20130298
Main Authors:	Imai, Mutsumi, Kita, Sotaro
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England 19.09.2014
Subjects:	Association Learning - physiology Child Child, Preschool Cultural Evolution Humans Infant Language Development Models, Psychological Nonverbal Communication - psychology Sound Speech Perception - physiology Symbolism language evolution sound symbolism lexical development iconic gesture language acquisition
ISSN:	1471-2970, 1471-2970
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