caa a22 4500 445350407 CHVBK 20180317142842.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00221-011-2836-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00221-011-2836-3 Evidence of sound symbolism in simple vocalizations [Elektronische Daten] [Cesare Parise, Francesco Pavani] The question of the arbitrariness of language is among the oldest in cognitive sciences, and it relates to the nature of the associations between vocal sounds and their meaning. Growing evidence seems to support sound symbolism, claiming for a naturally constrained mapping of meaning into sounds. Most of such evidence, however, comes from studies based on the interpretation of pseudowords, and to date, there is little empirical evidence that sound symbolism can affect phonatory behavior. In the present study, we asked participants to utter the letter /a/ in response to visual stimuli varying in shape, luminance, and size, and we observed consistent sound symbolic effects on vocalizations. Utterances' loudness was modulated by stimulus shape and luminance. Moreover, stimulus shape consistently modulated the frequency of the third formant (F3). This finding reveals an automatic mapping of specific visual attributes into phonological features of vocalizations. Furthermore, it suggests that sound-meaning associations are reciprocal, affecting active (production) as well as passive (comprehension) linguistic behavior. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Sound symbolism nationallicence Vocalization nationallicence Go/no-go task nationallicence Multisensory integration nationallicence Parise Cesare Department of Cognitive Sciences and Education, University of Trento, Trento, Italy aut Pavani Francesco Department of Cognitive Sciences and Education, University of Trento, Trento, Italy aut Experimental Brain Research Springer-Verlag 214/3(2011-10-01), 373-380 0014-4819 214:3<373 2011 214 221 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-011-2836-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-011-2836-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Parise Cesare Department of Cognitive Sciences and Education, University of Trento, Trento, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pavani Francesco Department of Cognitive Sciences and Education, University of Trento, Trento, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Experimental Brain Research Springer-Verlag 214/3(2011-10-01), 373-380 0014-4819 214:3<373 2011 214 221 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer