Abstract
Recent studies of meaning-sound systematicity have consistently found a small but significant positive correlation between semantics and phonology. The current study adds further evidence from an etymologically distinct language, Korean. Through multiple methods, the study shows that similar sounds tend to have similar meanings in Korean monosyllables. Several cultural aspects of the language are also quantified. Pure Korean words return stronger meaning-sound correlation than Sino-Korean words, which is attributable to the higher portion of homonyms in Sino-Korean. The most frequent words show the strongest systematicity, which permeates all of the monosyllables. Certain types of vowels seem to contribute to this effect.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 1200-1205 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
| Event | 42nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Developing a Mind: Learning in Humans, Animals, and Machines - Virtual, Online Duration: 29 Jul 2020 → 1 Aug 2020 |
Conference
| Conference | 42nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society |
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| Abbreviated title | CogSci 2020 |
| City | Virtual, Online |
| Period | 29/07/20 → 1/08/20 |
Keywords
- homonymy
- Korean
- meaning-sound mapping
- systematicity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Artificial Intelligence
- Computer Science Applications
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Cognitive Neuroscience