48 Ss rated four voiceless fricatives, f, s, sb, and th on 12 bipolar scales of a semantic differential. Analysis of variance revealed significant main effects and significant interaction effects for Sound × Dimension (p < .001) and Sound × Scale (p < .001). The greater sensitivity of the presumed kinesthetic scales for some sounds suggests that both the scale and the articulatory characteristics of a sound may determine whether ratings reflect primarily denotative or connotative semantic systems.
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