Essays about: "sound symbolism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words sound symbolism.

  1. 1. Synaesthesia and Visual Music in Swedish Silent Film

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Gustav Ribbing Lygon; [2023]
    Keywords : Silent Film; Synaesthesia; Visual Music; Gesamtkunstwerk; Photogénie; Gesture; Symbolism; Correspondences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how visual music in Swedish silent film served as an allusion to sound, either as a cinematic effect or as an intertwined part of the film narrative. Drawing on the concepts of synaesthesia and visual music, a discussion on how both concepts relate to each other serves as the key method for analyzing a selection of films. READ MORE

  3. 2. “Ha ha ha. Looks like the case is closed, ha ha ha” A Corpus Study of Imitative Interjections in the English Language

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Sigrid Sundmark; [2020]
    Keywords : interjection; imitative interjection; onomatopoeia; spoken language; sound symbolism; semantics; linguistics; exclamative; comics; oh; hmm; aha.; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The focus of this bachelor’s essay is to investigate non-lexical interjections. In this study, imitative interjection proves to be an appropriate term for interjections such as mm-hmm and wow, with non-lexical properties distinguishing them from hey and yes. READ MORE

  4. 3. Designing Multimodal Warning Signals for Cyclists of the Future

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle

    Author : Anton Nordmark; [2019]
    Keywords : industrial design engineering; human–computer interface; sound design; audiotactile design; crossmodal attention; bone conduction headphones; multimodal collision warnings; vulnerable road user VRU ; V2Cyclist; C-ITS; V2X; B2V; teknisk design; användargränssnitt; ljuddesign; taktildesign; korsmodal uppmärksamhet; benledande hörlurar; multimodala kollisionsvarningar; sårbara trafikanter; V2Cyclist; C-ITS; V2X; B2V;

    Abstract : Traffic is a complex environment in which many actors take part; several new technologies bring promises of reducing this complexity. However, cyclists—a particularly vulnerable road user group—have so far been somewhat put aside in these new developments, among them being Cooperative Intelligent Traffic Systems (C-ITS) and their aspects of human–computer interaction. READ MORE

  5. 4. From Unisemiotic to Polysemiotic Narratives: Translating across semiotic systems

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Karoliina Louhema; [2018]
    Keywords : bodily mimesis; cognitive semiotics; co-speech gestures; embodied narratives; experientiality; iconicity; ideophones; intersemiotic translation; language; mimetic schema; multimodality; narratives; phenomenology; pictorial semiotics; pictures; polysemiotic communication; semiotics; semiotic systems; sensory modalities; signs; sound symbolism; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Human communication is both polysemiotic and multimodal; it is comprised of ensembles of representations from different semiotic systems in different sensory modalities. These semiotic systems, such as language, gestures, and pictures consist of signs and relations between signs, with system-specific affordances (Kendon, 2004; Zlatev, 2009; Sonesson, 2014). READ MORE

  6. 5. Referential iconicity in music and speech within and across sensory modalities

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitiv semiotik; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Veronica Giraldo Valencia; [2018]
    Keywords : Keywords: Cognitive semiotics; iconicity; ideophones; multimodality; music; music cultures; semiotics; semiotics systems; signs; sound symbolism; primary and secondary iconicity; unimodality.; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Musical meaning is multifaceted: both highly sensory and yet often abstract, able to cross cultural boundaries and yet embedded in specific traditions. For the most part it is not denotational (Monelle, 1991). READ MORE