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[Preprint]. 2024 Sep 3:2024.09.03.610970. [Version 1] doi: 10.1101/2024.09.03.610970

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
(A) Rounded Soft Heavy Calming Dark Good Big

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

(B) Pointed Hard Light Exciting Bright Bad Small

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).