Lab rotations are a regular feature of work in my research groups. Students join the lab and figure out a project they want to work on themselves. While this typically results in at least a serviceable final report and good learning outcomes for the student, occassionally the work done lends itself to wider dissemination. If a student feels motivated and we can support them, we may try to move towards publication. In the past few years we’ve produced several such student-led papers. What we...| The Ideophone
Suppose you hear a word like Korean tuˈgɯndugɯn and two possible meanings ‘heartbeat’ or ‘gentle movement’. Most people pick the first (as we found in 2016). Or suppose you hear that same word and see the meaning ‘heartbeat’ and you’re asked to rate, on a scale of 1 to 5, how well form and meaning fit together. Most people will go high (4.7 on average, as we found).| The Ideophone
In Panel A, point clouds show how 239 ideophones from five languages (dots) are distributed in terms of guessability in…| Mark Dingemanse
Panel A illustrates the notion of structure mapping. A sound wave representing the spoken Korean word tuˈgɯndugɯn ‘heartbeat’ is compared to another sound wave showing an actual heartbeat. Nodes and edges point out linkages across repeated structures for both. There are at least three levels and structures at which mappings can be made, yielding a cumulative iconicity score of 3.| Mark Dingemanse
