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Direct linkShayan, Shakila; Ozturk, Ozge; Bowerman, Melissa; Majid, Asifa – Developmental Science, 2014
Pitch is often described metaphorically: for example, Farsi and Turkish speakers use a "thickness" metaphor (low sounds are "thick" and high sounds are "thin"), while German and English speakers use a height metaphor ("low", "high"). This study examines how child and adult speakers of Farsi,…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Language Usage, German, Turkish
