Phonaesthemes and sound symbolism in Swedish brand names

Abelin, Åsa

doi:10.1016/j.amper.2014.12.001

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“…Furthermore -is there anything glittering in glwhen considering words like gloat, gloom or glove? Phonesthemes are said to exist in most languages, the question is whether they have a mere statistical background or not (e.g., Joseph 1994;Hutchins 1998;Abelin 1999Abelin , 2012Magnus 2001;Bergen 2004;Drellishak 2006;Ivanova 2006) or if the ranges of interpretations are due to phonic variation or ambiguity, depending on neighbouring sounds or the whole lexeme (Feist 2013). Data indicate that both aspects, natural/iconic and habitual information, interact.…”

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The Two Meanings of Sound Symbolism

Elsen

2017

Open Linguistics

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This article deals with sound symbolism and the ways to interpret sound symbolic phenomena. Sound symbolism appears to be a universal phenomenon but linguists tend to neglect it or offer heterogeneous approaches and definitions. This paper is concerned with the role of motivation, as assumed in cases like cuckoo, and the question whether some sound symbolic effects might be the result of acquired statistical knowledge about the language system. The author argues that several aspects of sound symbolism such as natural/iconic or habitual relationships between sound and (facets of) referents interact but should be considered separately to gain a more realistic insight into the working of sound symbolism.

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The Two Meanings of Sound Symbolism

Elsen

2017

Open Linguistics

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“…I will show that when one compares individual phonemes within the entire system, not just in isolation within a single lexical item, the same types of distributional tendencies found in spoken language phonology (Abelin 1999;Bergen 2004;Magnus 2001;Winter 2016) are seen in the phoneme inventory of ASL and Libras.…”

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“…The short buildup of pressure and quickness of the air release in voiceless stops, allows for the construal of quickness, lack of invasiveness, and effectiveness in /p/ /t/ /k/ (Abel & Glinert 2008). Abelin (2015) found similar tendencies across marketing cases for multiple brands in Sweden, but found that fl-clusters, which evoke a sense of speed in Swedish, are also most statistically frequent in medicinal brand names than in standard Swedish. Poets, lyricists, and marketing experts at using these highly schematic sound-meaning associations in phonemes to activate relationships between the sounds and intended meanings.…”

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An Introduction to Embodied Cognitive Phonology: Claw-5 Hand-shape Distribution in ASL and Libras

Occhino

2017

Comp.J. Eng. Stud.

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Abstract. While the arbitrariness of the sign has occupied a central space in linguistic theory for a century, counter-evidence to this basic tenet has been mounting. Recent findings from cross-linguistic studies on spoken languages have suggested that, contrary to purely arbitrary distributions of phonological content, languages often exhibit systematic and regular phonological and sub-phonological patterns of form-meaning mappings. To date, studies of distributional tendencies of this kind have not been conducted for signed languages.In an investigation of phoneme distribution in American Sign Language (ASL) and Língua Brasileira de Sinais (Libras), tokens of the claw-5 handshape were extracted and analyzed for whether the handshape contributed to the overall meaning of the sign. The data suggests that distribution of the claw-5 handshape is not randomly distributed across the lexicon, but clusters around six formmeaning patterns: convex-concave, Unitary-elements, non-compact matter, hand-as-hand, touch, and interlocking. Interestingly, feature-level motivations were uncovered as the source of the mappings These findings are considered within a new cognitive framework to better understand how and why sub-morphemic units develop and maintain motivated form-meaning mappings. The model proposed here, Embodied Cognitive Phonology, builds on cognitive and usage-based approaches but incorporates theories of embodiment to address the source of the claw-5 mappings. Embodied Cognitive Phonology provides a unifying framework for understanding the perceived differences in phonological patterning and organization across the modalities. Both language-internal and languageexternal sources of motivation contribute to the emergence of form-meaning mappings. Arbitrariness is argued to be but one possible outcome from the process of emergence and schematization of phonological content, and exists alongside motivation as a legitimate state of linguistic units of all sizes of complexity. Importantly, because language is dynamic, these states are not fixed, but are in continuous flux, as language users reinvent and reinterpret form and meaning over time.

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“…consonant clusters) which have in common a certain element of meaning or function. For Abelin (1993), the relation between sound and meaning is often iconic or indexical, as well as symbolic. Lastly, Abelin (1993) GEMA Online ® Journal of Language Studies Volume 17(3), August 2017August http://doi.org/10.17576/gema-2017August -1703 eISSN : 2550-2131 ISSN: 1675-8021 140 concluded that (the) sound symbolism referred to the general phenomenon of motivated relations between sound and meaning, including onomatopoeia.…”

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“…For Abelin (1993), the relation between sound and meaning is often iconic or indexical, as well as symbolic. Lastly, Abelin (1993) GEMA Online ® Journal of Language Studies Volume 17(3), August 2017August http://doi.org/10.17576/gema-2017August -1703 eISSN : 2550-2131 ISSN: 1675-8021 140 concluded that (the) sound symbolism referred to the general phenomenon of motivated relations between sound and meaning, including onomatopoeia. Recent studies have also investigated the linguistic aspects of onomatopoeia, as was conducted by Carling and Johansson (2015) who examined the German-motivated language changes, as part of the branch of Indo-European languages.…”

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Development of Non-arbitrary to the Arbitrary Iconic Words in Javanese Language

Sunarya

Sumarlam

Teguh

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GEMA

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Onomatopoeic words in Javanese language are an evidence of the uniqueness of both the lingual aspects and the described facts. This study discussed the phenomenon of phonological and morphological language processing. It examined the derivation of the onomatopoeic root words of Javanese language into some form of the word as iconic formation. The data source covers the source language of local print media and another complementary source which was obtained from informants living in the regions of Surakarta and Yogyakarta. This study revealed the Ullman's onomatopoeic classification of primary and secondary onomatopoeias. The primary onomatopoeic is sound imitations of referents, i.e. crowing, roaring, barking sounds, etc. The secondary onomatopoeia is the sound which arises beyond the occurring acoustic experience; they are sounds produced by movements and physical, and mental quality of an object. i.e. the word bruk (voice of falling heavy objects), prang (sound of a broken plate). The development of sound imitation icon as an icon causes a shift in the status of a root word form or onomatopoeic sound imitator to other states. Words like thuthuk [ṭuṭU?] ''beater', kethuk kempyang [kəәṭU? kəәmpjaŋ] 'typical instrument used in Gamelan', pethuk [pəәṭU?] 'coming across' and bathuk [baṭU?] 'forehead' were the derivative words which originated from the root word thuk [ṭuk] with the additional formative process, repetition on the root word, compounding, and reduplication. In the Javanese language, onomatopoeic words often have the same family with other words.

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Phonaesthemes and sound symbolism in Swedish brand names

Abstract: Please cite this article as: AbelinÅ. Phonaesthemes and sound symbolism in Swedish brand names. Ampersand (2015), http://dx.

Cited by 12 publications

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The Two Meanings of Sound Symbolism

The Two Meanings of Sound Symbolism

An Introduction to Embodied Cognitive Phonology: Claw-5 Hand-shape Distribution in ASL and Libras

Development of Non-arbitrary to the Arbitrary Iconic Words in Javanese Language

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