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Kiki Or Bouba? In Search Of Language's Missing Link

David Robson | New Scientist | 18 July 2011

Are the sounds that form any given word random or a reflection of its inherent meaning? Linguistics has assumed the former. But new research is challenging this view and suggesting that "sound symbolism" is common in many languages Read full article

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