Recent studies found that sound symbolism (nonarbitrary connection between sound and
meaning) is more pervasive in human language than previously thought. Studies on English …

Much research on sound symbolism has shown that some aspects of word meaning are
linked to phonology. For instance, people tend perceive a name as a female one if it is …

This study investigates the sound symbolic expressions of gender in Japanese names with
machine learning algorithms. The main goal of this study is to explore how gender is …

Sound symbolism, the idea that meaning can sometimes be conveyed at a sub-morphemic
level, challenges the notion that the form-meaning relation is completely arbitrary. One …

The present study explores the relationship between sound and sense in Japanese.
Japanese speakers can tell the gender of their given names when they first hear them. This …

Our article is dedicated to the relation of a given name's phonological structure and the
gender of the referent. Phonology has been shown to play an important role with regard to …

Although the arbitrariness of language has been considered one of its defining features,
studies have demonstrated that certain phonemes tend to be associated with certain kinds of …

Sex-biased sound symbolism in French first names Page 1 RESEARCH ARTICLE Sex-biased
sound symbolism in French first names Alexandre Suire* † , Alba Bossoms Mesa † , Michel …

Traditionally it was believed that language was arbitrary; that is there was no association
between the word and the form it signifies. However, later research has shown that some …

This paper presents a case study of sound symbolism in personal names. Previous studies
found that obstruents appear more often in male names than in female names in English …