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Sound Symbolism in Words Relating to Proximity and Distance

Author(s) -

Christine Tanz

Publication year - 1971

Publication title -

language and speech

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.713

H-Index - 52

eISSN - 1756-6053

pISSN - 0023-8309

DOI - 10.1177/002383097101400307

Subject(s) - indexicality , sound symbolism , sound (geography) , linguistics , natural (archaeology) , sound change , domain (mathematical analysis) , communication , history , psychology , acoustics , philosophy , mathematics , physics , mathematical analysis , archaeology

The existence of a universal sound symbolism is still controversial. Evidence is presented for a universal sound symbolism in a constellation of words in natural languages relating to proximity and distance. The discussion ranges from words relating to physical distance to terms of temporal and personal distance. Several explanations for the appearance of sound symbolism in this domain are suggested, including one based on their attributes as " shifters " or " indexical symbols ".

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