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Pokémonastics - what we are doing and why we are doing it| old_uid | 19067 |
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| title | Pokémonastics - what we are doing and why we are doing it |
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| start_date | 2021/04/30 |
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| schedule | 10h-11h30 |
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| online | no |
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| summary | Sound symbolism—systematic associations between sounds and meanings—had not been a topic that was actively explored in the generative tradition. In my recent research, however, I argue that formal phonology can benefit from perspectives and insights offered by research on sound symbolism, and vice versa. In this talk, I illustrate this thesis based on a new research paradigm, dubbed “Pokémonastics” (Kawahara et al. 2018; Shih et al. 2019), in which researchers explore the nature of sound symbolism in human languages using Pokémon names. In this talk, I am going to review (1) how Pokémonastics began, (2) why it is a useful research strategy, (3) what we have found so far, and (4) what more needs to be done. |
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| responsibles | Fougeron, Ridouane |
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