声音象征主义的几何学

In this multidisciplinary paper, we review research on sound symbolism and present a framework that bridges computational linguistics, machine learning and geomorphometry. The question we pose is whether physical properties of three-dimensional (3D) environments can be used to identify visual meanings associated with English phonesthemes. Phonesthemes are recurring sound sequences that appear in groups of words with related meanings. Drawing on studies such as Godoy et al. (2020), Kawahara et al. (2020) and Alper & Averbuch-Elor (2023), we review the development and linguistic status of phones