Sex-biased sound symbolism in French first names

Alexandre Suire; Alba Bossoms Mesa; Michel Raymond; Melissa Barkat-Defradas

doi:10.1017/ehs.2019.7

Evolutionary Human Sciences (Jan 2019)

Sex-biased sound symbolism in French first names

Alexandre Suire,
Alba Bossoms Mesa,
Michel Raymond,
Melissa Barkat-Defradas

Affiliations

Alexandre Suire: ORCiD; ISEM, University of Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France
Alba Bossoms Mesa: ISEM, University of Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France
Michel Raymond: ISEM, University of Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France
Melissa Barkat-Defradas: ISEM, University of Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2019.7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1

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Low- and high-frequency vowels in the stressed syllable of French first names may respectively project impressions of largeness/masculinity and smallness/femininity.

Published in Evolutionary Human Sciences

ISSN: 2513-843X (Online)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Anthropology: Physical anthropology. Somatology: Human evolution; Science: Biology (General): Evolution
Website: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/evolutionary-human-sciences

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