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An examination of words starting with the view to deciding whether it offers any evidence for phonesthesia. This paper intends to examine the words starting with given in the Oxford English Dictionary, and if possible categorise them, according to shared meaning. It will examine briefly the academic background to Sound symbolism along with contemporary attitudes towards the study of the relationship between sound and meaning. It aims to draw conclusions from the results of the categorisation of the words with the view to deciding whether it provides any evidence for phonesthesia. Saussure is considered to be the founder of modern scientific linguistics. In relation to Sound symbolism, he had said that "the entire linguistic system is founded upon the irrational principle that the sign is arbitrary" (Saussure, 1983: 131). By this he means that the words used to denote concepts could be any words at all. He...

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