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Scientific Bibliography
The Know Your Name engine is built strictly on published, peer-reviewed research in phonosemantics, articulatory phonetics, and cognitive psychology. Below are the foundational papers powering our algorithms.
📜 Scientific References
Bouba/Kiki EffectKöhler, W. (1929). Gestalt Psychology. New York: Liveright.
Sound Symbolism & SynesthesiaRamachandran, V.S. & Hubbard, E.M. (2001). Synaesthesia—a window into perception, thought and language. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 8(12), 3-34.
Frequency Code (Size/Sound)Ohala, J. J. (1994). The frequency code underlies the sound-symbolic use of voice pitch. In L. Hinton, J. Nichols & J. J. Ohala (Eds.), Sound Symbolism (pp. 325-347). Cambridge University Press.
Sonority Sequencing PrincipleClements, G. N. (1990). The role of the sonority cycle in core syllabification. Papers in Laboratory Phonology I, 283-333.
Information EntropyShannon, C. E. (1948). A Mathematical Theory of Communication. The Bell System Technical Journal, 27, 379–423.
Social StereotypesFiske, S. T., Cuddy, A. J. C., Glick, P., & Xu, J. (2002). A model of (often mixed) stereotype content: Competence and warmth respectively follow from perceived status and competition. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82(6), 878–902.
Phoneme-Color AssociationsSimner, J., Ward, J., & Lanz, M. (2005). The colour of sounds: Phonetic attributes of vowels and consonants. Perception, 34, 136-136.
Sound Symbolism MechanismsSidhu, D. M., & Pexman, P. M. (2018). Five mechanisms of sound symbolism. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 25, 1619–1643.
Implicit Egotism / Name-Letter EffectPelham, B. W., Mirenberg, M. C., & Jones, J. T. (2002). Why Susie sells seashells by the seashore: Implicit egotism and major life decisions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83(2), 469–487.
All algorithms in this application are derived from these peer-reviewed publications.