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The most we can say is that some languages (notably NOT mandarin Chinese with ~1 billion native speakers, so the idea that it's ingrained in all humans is laugh
by casey2 2y ago
The most we can say is that some languages (notably NOT mandarin Chinese with ~1 billion native speakers, so the idea that it's ingrained in all humans is laughable at best) have a preference for giving the long bou and boo sound to rounder objects and the shorter ki and ka sounds to sharper objects, and that language affects our naming preference.
- FabHK 2y agoMost languages, including some without writing system, but not Mandarin Chinese, indeed. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2020.0390 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2020.039... Chinese/English speakers also seem to map the shapes differently to tone contours: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02139/full https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.... (Note that this article contains some tangible object instantiation of the bouba/kiki forms.)