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L Vainio¹, A Wikström¹, M Vainio¹

¹Phonetics and speech synthesis research group, Department of Digital Humanities, Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki, Unioninkatu 38, Helsinki, Finland.

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|January 25, 2025

Summary

High-pitch sounds link to future and in, while low-pitch sounds connect to past and out. These pitch-based correspondences extend to abstract temporal concepts, revealing novel cognitive links.

Keywords:

Abstract concepts Cross-modal processes Language Pitch-based correspondence Speech

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Psycholinguistics
Auditory Perception

Background:

Previous research established pitch-based correspondences with perceptual and conceptual attributes.
The current study explores novel pitch-based associations with abstract concepts.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate pitch-based correspondences with abstract temporal concepts (future/past) and spatial concepts (in/out).
To determine if these correspondences extend beyond concrete perceptual formats.

Main Methods:

Three experiments were conducted with varying levels of task implicitness.
Participants completed association tasks linking pitch with abstract concepts.

Main Results:

High-pitch sounds were associated with the concepts of future and in.
Low-pitch sounds were associated with the concepts of past and out.
Correspondence effects were stronger for abstract temporal concepts than concrete spatial concepts.

Conclusions:

Pitch-based correspondences extend to abstract temporal concepts, even without explicit spatial metaphorization.
These findings suggest semantic multimodal abstraction processes, potentially influenced by affective dimensions, underlie these pitch-concept links.