Pokémon - 2023 ARCADIA at Claremont Colleges

Question

A paper by Shih et al. that studied the sound symbolism of these creatures challenged the arbitrariness of the sign in a subfield of study that adds the suffix “-astics” to the name of these creatures. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name these creatures, whose English names have a positive correlation between segment count and evolutionary stage. One of these creatures is named for the Japanese words pikapika and chuuchuu.

ANSWER: Pokémon [accept Pokémonastics or Pokémonikers or Poketto Monsutā]

[10m] Two answers required.One well-known cross-linguistic symbolic phenomenon is the tendency for speakers to identify one of these words as representing a large, round object while the other represents a small, sharp object. Give both words.

ANSWER: bouba and kiki [accept takete and maluma; accept baluba and baluma]

[10h] J. R. Firth proposed the existence of these segments that are paired with meanings yet are neither phonemes nor morphemes. In English, “cl-” is one of these segments that are related to the closing motion of an object.

ANSWER: phonesthemes

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2023 ARCADIA at Carleton University	Premiere	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
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