Phonosemantics

[Carolyn Kinney]

National Public Radio did a story on synaesthesia in the last couple of
weeks, but the only thing I can find now is at
http://search1.npr.org/opt/collections/torched/totn/data_totn/seg_80069.htm
from July 28, 2000.
Carolyn Kinney
If the first link doesn't work, try this:
http://search.npr.org/cf/cmn/cmnpd01fm.cfm?PrgDate=7%2F28%2F2000&PrgID=3

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marian May" <marian at COOMBS.ANU.EDU.AU>
To: <DISCOURS at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG>
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 9:08 PM
Subject: Re: Phonosemantics


> You might want to follow up work on the phenomenon of synaesthesia. For
> example, in music, certain notes/sounds and keys are associated with
> colour/emotion for some people, both composers and listeners. Artists have
> also reported this kind of association between colour and emotion.
> I have some references (somewhere!!) and the tape of a radio program
> dealing with this area. Perhaps I even have the name of someone working in
> this field. But exactly where...I could probably be persuaded to look
> further. It's an interesting area.
> Marian May