Table 4:
Repetitions among the 10 most highly-rated pseudowords for each scale in each domain. Scales are grouped by phonetic and acoustic (spectro-temporal) similarity (see Lacey et al., 2023).
Shape | Texture | Weight | Arousal | Brightness | Valence | Size | |
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(A) | Rounded | Soft | Heavy | Calming | Dark | Good | Big |
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g bu | mumo | b ge | mulu | b ge | meni | b ge | |
gobu | m mo | pIke | l lo | mene | bIbi | d Id e | |
nonu* | memi | kike | m mo | gobo | b bi | g do | |
bobu | sIfi | p po | l lu | bugu | l me | v d o | |
fufo | vIve | gige | mumo | molu | mile | t it e | |
gubo | mulu | poto | lime | budu | mine | gobu | |
popu | sefi | degi | lumu | godo | m me | zId i | |
m mo * | n lu | d od u | m mu | vud o | lIle | kuto | |
lolu * | bobu | g gi | lonu | g di | lunu | bigi | |
g go | fIse | gebi | lIne | qubo | lolu | gIge | |
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(B) | Pointed | Hard | Light | Exciting | Bright | Bad | Small |
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tike* | teke | f fi | vive | pIke | vovu | pIte | |
t it e | kike | fIfi | Z d i | kike | t ise | pete | |
tIke * | peke | lIme | kike | vizi | puto | putu | |
kIke | tIte | monu | sife | s si | pupo | tIki | |
toko | kIki | s se | kIke | t ti | p po | koku | |
kotu | pIke | lonu | zIzi | kete | fot u | nIne | |
t et i | kepi | fofu | pite | pite | v vu | vId e | |
keki | t ke | mIle | tIke | sit i | dudo | v ve | |
kike * | k ki | vevi | zed i | kepi | fut u | fIse | |
t tu | toko | lulo | d Ize | k ti | k pu | k ke |
Bold indicates pseudowords that repeat within the group and italics indicate the repetitions of these; most pseudowords were unique in each group – A: 52 (74.3%); B: 54 (77.1%).
Shape pseudowords marked * were also in the top 10 for the shape ratings obtained by McCormick et al. (2015).