Remembering that big things sound big: Sound symbolism and associative memory

Preziosi, Melissa A.; Coane, Jennifer H.

doi:10.1186/s41235-016-0047-y

Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

Table 5 Nonwords and definitions used in Experiments 2 and 3

From: Remembering that big things sound big: Sound symbolism and associative memory

Nonword size category	Nonword	Size-congruent definition	Size-incongruent definition
Experiment 2
large	agort	large gel tube	small air spray
large	bloff	large puffy clothing	small winter clothing
large	blomp	large soft chair	Small electrical gadget
large	borno	bulky laundry detergent	portable smooth lotion
large	glurb	giant green drink	little shiny makeup
large	glutu	huge exercise equipment	small kitchen cleaner
large	gnomp	large gardening tool	warm small gloves
large	golon	large dark liquid	little spiky toy
large	gruse	big grease cleaner	small rugged razor
large	jolge	giant dishwasher detergent	small metal tool
large	phomp	large toilet plunger	tiny child zipper
large	thuap	big fly swatter	tiny pain medication
large	thuop	big cleaning mop	small light shoes
large	turob	large sports car	small flat disc
small	afain	tiny pain medication	big fly swatter
small	ality	little shiny makeup	giant green drink
small	almit	warm small gloves	large gardening tool
small	anibi	little spiky toy	large dark liquid
small	arity	small air spray	large gel tube
small	clish	small kitchen cleaner	huge exercise equipment
small	eevie	small electrical gadget	large soft chair
small	feese	small light shoes	big cleaning mop
small	iviel	portable smooth lotion	bulky laundry detergent
small	nelch	small metal tool	giant dishwasher detergent
small	rivic	small rugged razor	big grease cleaner
small	sless	small winter clothing	large puffy clothing
small	viscs	small flat disc	large sports car
small	zrizz	tiny child zipper	large toilet plunger
Experiment 3
large	agort	large air spray	small air spray
large	bloff	large winter clothing	small winter clothing
large	blomp	large electric gadget	small electrical gadget
large	borno	bulky smooth lotion	portable smooth lotion
large	glurb	giant shiny makeup	little shiny makeup
large	glutu	huge kitchen cleaner	small kitchen cleaner
large	gnomp	warm large gloves	warm small gloves
large	golon	large spiky toy	little spiky toy
large	gruse	big rugged razor	small rugged razor
large	jolge	giant metal tool	small metal tool
large	phomp	large child zipper	tiny child zipper
large	thuap	big pain medication	tiny pain medication
large	thuop	big light shoes	small light shoes
large	turob	large flat disc	small flat disc
small	afain	tiny fly swatter	big fly swatter
small	ality	little green drink	giant green drink
small	almit	small gardening tool	large gardening tool
small	anibi	little dark liquid	large dark liquid
small	arity	small gel tube	large gel tube
small	clish	small exercise equipment	huge exercise equipment
small	eevie	small soft chair	large soft chair
small	feese	small cleaning mop	big cleaning mop
small	iviel	portable laundry detergent	bulky laundry detergent
small	nelch	small dishwasher detergent	giant dishwasher detergent
small	rivic	small grease cleaner	big grease cleaner
small	sless	small puffy clothing	large puffy clothing
small	viscs	small sports car	large sports car
small	zrizz	tiny toilet plunger	large toilet plunger

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