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Non-arbitrary mappings between size and sound of English words: Form typicality effects during lexical access and memory

A century of research has provided evidence of limited size sound symbolism in English, that is, certain vowels are non-arbitrarily associated with words denoting small versus large referents (e.g., /i/ as in teensy and /ɑ/ as in tall). In the …

On the roles of form systematicity and sensorimotor effects in language processing

Grounded or embodied cognition research has employed body–object interaction (BOI; e.g., Pexman et al., 2019) ratings to investigate sensorimotor effects during language processing. We investigated relationships between BOI ratings and nonarbitrary …