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A cross-linguistic, sound symbolic relationship between labial consonants, voiced plosives, and Pokémon friendship

Authors:
Kilpatrick, A., Ćwiek, A., Lewis, E., Kawahara, S.

Year / Status:
2023

Journal / Venue:
Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 722

DOI / URL:
10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1113143

Abstract

This paper presents a cross-linguistic study of sound symbolism, analysing a six-language corpus of all Pokémon names available as of January 2022. It tests the effects of labial consonants and voiced plosives on a Pokémon attribute known as friendship. Friendship is a mechanic in the core series of Pokémon video games that arguably reflects how friendly each Pokémon is.