Whether in Hindi or Hungarian, swear words have similar sound patterns
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– By Ryan McKay, Professor of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London “Skalk,” I cursed in Kelvak.
Swear words: we studied speakers of languages from Hindi to Hungarian to find out why they sound the way they do
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Why people hate or love the sound of certain words
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What the sound of your name says about you
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Some Types Of Songs Are Universally Identifiable, Study Suggests
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Des musiques venues du fond des âges
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A nose by any other name
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Why every baby around the world’s first word starts with the letter M
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Study claims people use same sounds for common objects and ideas, irrespective of language
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As a part of the study, an analysis of nearly two-thirds of the world's languages shows that humans tend to use the same sounds…
"R" Is For Red: Common Words Share Similar Sounds in Many Languages
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Study finds deep links across languages
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After analyzing nearly 2/3 of all human languages, scientists say people tend to use the same sounds for common objects and…
People use similar sounds to describe objects, regardless of language
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A recent study shows that, regardless of language, people use similar sounds to describe the same objects.
Human sounds and languages are linked
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Scientists discover a 'universal human language' - Redorbit
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Science September 14, 2016 Many of the world's 6,000-plus languages use similar sounds for similar concepts, groundbreaking…
Scientists discover a 'universal human language' - Redorbit
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Parole simili in lingue diverse: lo studio sui suoni nel vocabolario di base
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Parole con lo stesso significato hanno suoni simili in lingue diverse
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People Use Same Sounds For Common Objects, Ideas No Matter The Language
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After analyzing almost two-thirds of all the languages in the world, researchers are saying that people have a tendency to use…
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About 100 years ago, one of the founders of modern linguistics, Ferdinand de Saussure, wrote that the relationship between the…