Article
Playful iconicity: structural markedness underlies the relation between funniness and iconicity
2019-10-01
Abstract excerpt
<p>Words like ‘waddle’, ‘flop’ and ‘zigzag’ combine playful connotations with iconic form-meaning resemblances. Here we propose that structural markedness may be a common factor underlying perceptions of playfulness and iconicity. Using collected and estimated lexical ratings covering a total of over 70,000 English words, we assess the robustness of this assocation. We identify cues of phonotactic complexity that...
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- Literature Corpus work
- a5ef7b52-ceb1-52cb-ade0-c5453b5fcb1b
- DOI
- 10.31234/osf.io/9ak7e