Deebster to Linguistics [email protected]English • 23 hours agoPhase Change (xkcd)imgs.xkcd.comimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1194arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1187arrow-down1imagePhase Change (xkcd)imgs.xkcd.comDeebster to Linguistics [email protected]English • 23 hours agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@sir_pronounlinkEnglish37•21 hours 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•6 hours agoI thought about linking an explainer, but I lazily decided that this (and the wug) would be well-enough known here.
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
I thought about linking an explainer, but I lazily decided that this (and the wug) would be well-enough known here.
Bouba-kiki