Trilled /r/ is associated with roughness, linking sound and touch across spoken languages
Abstract Cross-modal integration between sound and texture is important to perception and action. Here we show this has repercussions for the structure of spoken languages. We present a new statistical universal linking speech with the evolutionarily ancient sense of touch. Words that express roughn...
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| Main Authors: | Bodo Winter, Márton Sóskuthy, Marcus Perlman, Mark Dingemanse |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2022-01-01
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| Series: | Scientific Reports |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04311-7 |
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