I was listening to the radio the other day and they were talking about how a pistol called the "Clock" has become extremely popular in the US. I don't know a thing about guns, but I have heard of the Glock. As it happens, I've been reading a very interesting book called Word Hero and I just finished your section on the idea of Sound Symbolism and I was wondering as I listened to the interview if one of the reasons why the Glock was popular was because of this word's ability to, as the author says, "evoke a mood or attitude" because of the sound of the word and how saying the word forces your mouth into certain shapes. Glock has a hard G and a K and the middle part forces you to really open your mouth (which, the author claims, makes things sound large).
This also reminds me of those studies in which participants are asked to hold a pencil in their mouths while they listen/watch humorous material. Could this "Glock" thing be another example of embodied cognition? Just wondering what the group thought. Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=15270 or send a blank email to leave-15270-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
