Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences· 2016Q1
Sound–meaning association biases evidenced across thousands of languages
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A significant proportion of basic vocabulary items across nearly two-thirds of the world's languages show strong, non-arbitrary associations between specific speech sounds and meanings, challenging the assumption of pure arbitrariness in language.
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