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Sound Symbolism Is there an Heroic Phoneme?

Sound Symbolism Is there an Heroic Phoneme?. Amy Jo Parker. Wolfgang K öhler Booba or Kiki?. Ferdinand de Saussure. “The bond uniting the signifier and the signified is arbitrary.” Onomatopoeic Words are “less arbitrary” Conventionalism vs. Naturalism. Edward Sapir.

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Sound Symbolism Is there an Heroic Phoneme?

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  1. Sound SymbolismIs there an Heroic Phoneme? Amy Jo Parker

  2. Wolfgang KöhlerBooba or Kiki?

  3. Ferdinand de Saussure • “The bond uniting the signifier and the signified is arbitrary.” • Onomatopoeic Words are “less arbitrary” • Conventionalism vs. Naturalism

  4. Edward Sapir • /a/ sounds bigger than other vowels. • Law, La, Li • 80% identified law as largest, la as medium and Li as smallest. • Spanish: Grande, Grandota

  5. Otto Jesperson • Pat, Tap, Knock • “The vowel /i/, especially in its narrow or thin variety, is particularly appropriate to express what is small, weak, insignificant, or the other hand, refined or dainty.” • Spanish: Pepe, Pepito

  6. William Shakespeare • Petruchio • Helena • Prospero • Beatrice • Benedick • Othello • Portia • Bassanio • Romeo • Juliet • Isabella • Edmund • Hamlet • Rosalind • Orlando • Macbeth • Puck • Katherina • Horatio • Antonio

  7. Methodology • Use the pronunciation directory in Shakespeare’s Complete Works. • !, #, $, %, @ • 20 Names, 128 Sounds • 10% of sounds AND • 40 % of names • Ignore Schwa

  8. AnalysisFrequency Among 128 Sounds • /o/ ~ 10.16%

  9. Analysis • Orlando • Petruchio • Prospero • Othello • Portia • Romeo • Horatio • Antonio 40%

  10. Conclusion • /o/ occurs with 10.16% frequency in sounds • /o/ occurs with 40% frequency in names • /o/ is the heroic phoneme

  11. Future Work • Larger survey • Names of the time period • Villainous Phoneme

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