Our paper guessing letters for 'ee' and 'oo' comes out today in @royalsociety Open Science with @NoraPlethora
http://doi.org/10.6084/m9.fig …pic.twitter.com/2cu8lxGKcd
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Yeah, I found that one. Cute. Is there reason to think this holds for other letters/sounds? Is it just just these two? If yes, any idea why?
Good question! B and K have been suggested previously because of curvy/spiky shape - SF should also pick up difference, as B has more ink.
The link between low pitch (F0) and low/more spatial frequency makes a lot of sense, since voiced sounds carry lower F0. But ...
..there's that interesting finding from @nerdpro where /z/ is sharper than /s/, even though voiced, so sharp/curved might not solve it.
Their SFs would be likely very similar too (haven't measured, but pretty clear). One thought is there might be multiple features at play...
Languages might use multiple visual features: angularity OR ink density OR line orientation OR spatial position. Creates arbitrary iconicity
As for /i/ and /u/, we picked them because these Vs are the smallest units that are 1. Canonical, 2. Highly contrastive, 3. utterable solo
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