Looking for the bouba-kiki effect in prelexical infants

Mathilde Fort; Alexa  Weiß; Alexander Martin; Sharon Peperkamp

Looking for the bouba-kiki effect in prelexical infants

Mathilde Fort
, Alexa Weiß
, Alexander Martin
, Sharon Peperkamp

School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

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Abstract

Adults and toddlers systematically associate certain pseudowords, such as 'bouba' and 'kiki', with round and spiky shapes, respectively. The ontological origin of this so-called bouba-kiki effect is unknown: it could be an unlearned aspect of
perception, appear with language exposure, or only emerge with the ability to produce speech sounds (i.e., babbling). We report the results of three experiments with five- and six-month-olds that found no bouba-kiki effect at all. We discuss the consequences of these findings for the emergence of cross-modal associations in infant speech perception.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The 12th International Conference on Auditory-Visual Speech Processing
Editors	Slim Ouni, Frédéric Berthomier, Alexandra Jesse
Publisher	INRIA
Pages	71-76
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	International Conference on Auditory-Visual Speech - Annecy, France Duration: 29 Aug 2013 → 1 Sept 2013 http://avsp2013.loria.fr/proceedings/

Publication series

Name
ISSN (Electronic)	2308-975X

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Auditory-Visual Speech
Country/Territory	France
City	Annecy
Period	29/08/13 → 1/09/13
Internet address	http://avsp2013.loria.fr/proceedings/

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

sound symbolism
bouba-kiki effect
prelexical infants
early language acquisition

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Fort, M, Weiß, A, Martin, A & Peperkamp, S 2013, Looking for the bouba-kiki effect in prelexical infants. in S Ouni, F Berthomier & A Jesse (eds), The 12th International Conference on Auditory-Visual Speech Processing. INRIA, pp. 71-76, International Conference on Auditory-Visual Speech , Annecy, France, 29/08/13. <http://avsp2013.loria.fr/proceedings/papers/paper_41.pdf>

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Looking for the bouba-kiki effect in prelexical infants

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