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Consolidating iconicity research

April 28, 2023 Leave a comment

Readers of this blog know that I believe serendipity is a key element of fundamental research. There is something neatly…

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Posted in: Iconicity, Linguistics Filed under: iconicity

What sound symbolism can and cannot do: new paper in Language

June 30, 2016 Leave a comment

We have a new paper out in Language: Dingemanse, Mark, Will Schuerman, Eva Reinisch, Sylvia Tufvesson, and Holger Mitterer. 2016.…

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Posted in: Ideophones, Linguistics, Sound symbolism Filed under: iconicity, ideophones, Sound symbolism

Arbitrariness, iconicity and systematicity in language

January 1, 2016 Leave a comment

Just out in Trends in Cognitive Sciences: a review paper by yours truly with Damián Blasi, Gary Lupyan, Morten Christiansen and Padraic Monaghan. It…

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Posted in: Ideophones, Linguistics Filed under: arbitrariness, iconicity

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