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What Is the Shape of This Word?

What Is the Shape of This Word?

Science Quickly

February 2, 20227m 26s

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Show Notes

What shape do you see when you hear “bouba”? What about “kiki”? It turns out that nonsense words that evoke certain shapes have something to say about the origins of language.

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