Shiri Lev-Ari
@shirilevari.bsky.social
Cognitive psychologist studying language, cultural evolution, and (real life) social networks.
Reposted by Shiri Lev-Ari
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A new paper by shirilevari.bsky.social shows that sound symbolism highlights the properties that distinguish referents from their competitors: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A new paper by shirilevari.bsky.social shows that sound symbolism highlights the properties that distinguish referents from their competitors: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Sound symbolism highlights relative distinctiveness: Evidence from English vocabulary
There is robust evidence that people associate certain sounds with meanings, yet the prevalence and importance of sound symbolism in natural language …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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A new paper by shirilevari.bsky.social shows that sound symbolism highlights the properties that distinguish referents from their competitors: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A new paper by shirilevari.bsky.social shows that sound symbolism highlights the properties that distinguish referents from their competitors: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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If you don't want to read my full paper (How can you not want to read a paper called "Sorries seem to have the harder words"!?), here's my summary of it:
How to make your apology more effective – new research theconversation.com/how-to-make-...
How to make your apology more effective – new research theconversation.com/how-to-make-...
How to make your apology more effective – new research
Sorry really can be the hardest word.
theconversation.com
May 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
If you don't want to read my full paper (How can you not want to read a paper called "Sorries seem to have the harder words"!?), here's my summary of it:
How to make your apology more effective – new research theconversation.com/how-to-make-...
How to make your apology more effective – new research theconversation.com/how-to-make-...
Poll: What proportion of the time does requiring authors to write ‘anonymous’ whenever they cite their papers leads reviewers to know who the authors are vs hides their identity?
a) All the time
b) 99% of the time
c) <50% of the time bc it’s hard to get reviewers from the field
a) All the time
b) 99% of the time
c) <50% of the time bc it’s hard to get reviewers from the field
January 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Poll: What proportion of the time does requiring authors to write ‘anonymous’ whenever they cite their papers leads reviewers to know who the authors are vs hides their identity?
a) All the time
b) 99% of the time
c) <50% of the time bc it’s hard to get reviewers from the field
a) All the time
b) 99% of the time
c) <50% of the time bc it’s hard to get reviewers from the field