Deebster to Linguistics [email protected]English • 1 month agoPhase Change (xkcd)imgs.xkcd.comimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1215arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1208arrow-down1imagePhase Change (xkcd)imgs.xkcd.comDeebster to Linguistics [email protected]English • 1 month agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@sir_pronounlinkEnglish43•1 month agoFor those who didn’t know the background, like me: "The bouba–kiki effect or takete–maluma phenomenon is a non-arbitrary mental association between certain speech sounds and certain visual shapes. " So: bouba sounds round, kiki sounds spikey
minus-squareDeebsterOPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoI thought about linking an explainer, but I lazily decided that this (and the wug) would be well-enough known here.
minus-square@sir_pronounlinkEnglish3•1 month agoOh, I didn’t even notice this was in a linguistics community - I just saw it in the feed and thought it was an xkcd community 🥲
minus-squareDeebsterOPlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoEven here it’s useful: there always will be people in the 10000 club, after all.
For those who didn’t know the background, like me:
"The bouba–kiki effect or takete–maluma phenomenon is a non-arbitrary mental association between certain speech sounds and certain visual shapes. "
So: bouba sounds round, kiki sounds spikey
Bouba-kiki
I thought about linking an explainer, but I lazily decided that this (and the wug) would be well-enough known here.
Oh, I didn’t even notice this was in a linguistics community - I just saw it in the feed and thought it was an xkcd community 🥲
Even here it’s useful: there always will be people in the 10000 club, after all.