Publications

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[pdf] Perlman, M. (in press). Iconic prosody and its connection to iconic gesture. In O. Fischer, K. Akita, and P. Perniss (Eds.) Oxford Handbook of Iconicity in Language. Oxford University Press.

[pdf] Winter, B., Woodin, G., & Perlman, M. (in press). Defining iconicity for the cognitive sciences. In O. Fischer, K. Akita, and P. Perniss (Eds.) Oxford Handbook of Iconicity in Language. Oxford University Press.

[pdf] Winter, B., Lupyan, G., Perry, L.K., Dingemanse, M., & Perlman, M. (2023). Iconicity ratings for 14,000+ English words. Behavior Research Methods.

[pdf] Woodin, G., Grieve, J., Perlman, M., Littlemore, J., & Winter, B. (2023). Large-scale patterns of number use in spoken and written English. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory.

[pdf] Lameira, A.R. & Perlman, M. (2023). Great apes reach momentary altered mental states by spinning. Primates, 64, 319-323.

[pdf] Winter, B., Sóskuthy, M., Perlman, M., & Dingemanse, M. (2022). Trilled /r/ is associated with roughness, linking sound and touch across spoken languages. Scientific Reports, 12, 1035. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04311-7

[pdf] Ćwiek, A., Fuchs, S., Draxler, C., Asud, E. L., Dediu, D., Hiovain, K., Kawahara, S., Koutalidish, S., Krifka, M., Lippus, P., Lupyan, G., Ohj, G. E., Paul, J., Petrone, C., Ridouane, R., Reiter, S., Schümchen, N., Szalontai, A., Ünal-Logacev, O., Zeller, J., Perlman, M., & Winter, B. (2022). The bouba/kiki effect is robust across cultures and writing systems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 377, 20200390. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0390

[pdf] Green, K. & Perlman, M. (2022). Iconic words may be common in early child interactions because they are more engaging. In Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Language Evolution. 

[pdf] Leongómez, J. D., Pisanski, K., Reby, D., Sauter, D., Lavan, N., Perlman, M., & Varella Valentova, J. (2021). Voice modulation: From origin and mechanism to social impact. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 376, 20200386. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0386

[pdf] Winter, B. & Perlman, M. Size sound symbolism in the English lexicon. (2021). Glossa: A Journal of General Linguistics, 6, 79. https://doi.org/10.5334/gjgl.1646

[pdf] Winter, B. & Perlman, M. Iconicity ratings really do measure iconicity, and they open a new window onto the nature of language. (2021). Linguistics Vanguard, 7, 20200135. https://doi.org/10.1515/lingvan-2020-0135

[pdf] Ćwiek, A., Fuchs, S., Draxler, C., Asud, E. L., Dediu, D., Hiovain, K., Kawahara, S., Koutalidish, S., Krifka, M., Lippus, P., Lupyan, G., Ohj, G. E., Paul, J., Petrone, C., Ridouane, R., Reiter, S., Schümchen, N., Szalontai, A., Ünal-Logacev, O., Zeller, J., Winter, B., & Perlman, M. (2021). Novel vocalizations are understood across cultures. Scientific Reports, 11, 10108. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89445-4

[pdf] Woodin, G., Winter, B., Perlman, M., Littlemore, J., & Matlock, T. (2020). ‘Tiny numbers’ are actually tiny: Evidence from gestures in the TV News Archive. PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242142

[pdf] Thompson, B., Perlman, M., Lupyan, G., Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., & Emmorey, K. (2020). A data-driven approach to the semantics of iconicity in American Sign Language and English. Language and Cognition, 12, 182-202. 182-202. https://doi.org/10.1017/langcog.2019.52

[pdf] Dingemanse, M., Perlman, M., Perniss, P. (2020). Experimental approaches to iconicity: Operationalizing form-meaning resemblances in language. Language and Cognition, 12, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1017/langcog.2019.48

[pdf] Jones, K. & Perlman, M. (2020). Illustrating the creative aspects of sound symbolism: Implications for theories of language evolution. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference (EVOLANG13). Brussels, Belgium.

[pdf] Perlman, M., Little, H., Thompson, B. & Thompson, R.L. (2018). Iconicity in signed and spoken vocabulary:  A comparison between American Sign Language, British Sign Language, English, and Spanish.  Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1433. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01433

[pdf] Winter, B., Perlman, M., & Majid, A. (2018). Vision dominates in perceptual language: English sensory vocabulary is optimized for usage. Cognition, 179, 213-220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2018.05.008

[pdf] Edmiston, P., Perlman, M., & Lupyan, G. (2018). Repeated imitation makes human vocalizations more word-like. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 285, 20172709. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.2709

[pdf] Perlman, M. & Lupyan, G. (2018). People can create iconic vocalizations to communicate various meanings to naive listeners. Scientific Reports, 8, 2634. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-20961-6

[pdf] Perry, L.K., Perlman, M., Winter, B., Massaro, D.W., & Lupyan, G. (2018). Iconicity in the speech of children and adults. Developmental Science, 21, e12572. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12572

[pdf] Perlman, M. (2017). Debunking two myths against vocal origins of language: Language is iconic and multimodal to the core. Interaction Studies, 18, 379-404. https://doi.org/10.1075/is.18.3.05per

[pdf] Winter, B., Perlman, M., Perry, L.K., & Lupyan, G. (2017). Which words are most iconic? Iconicity in English sensory words. Interaction Studies, 18, 433-454. https://doi.org/10.1075/is.18.3.07win

[pdf] Massaro, D.W. & Perlman, M. (2017). Quantifying iconicity’s contribution during language acquisition: Implications for vocabulary learning. Frontiers in Communication, 2: 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2017.00004

[pdf] Perlman, M., & Salmi, R. (2017). Gorillas may use their laryngeal air sacs for whinny-type vocalizations and male display. Journal of Language Evolution, 2, 126-140. https://doi.org/10.1093/jole/lzx012

[pdf] Tanner, J.E. & Perlman, M. (2017). Moving beyond ‘meaning’: Gorillas combine gestures into sequences for creative display. Language & Communication, 54, 56-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langcom.2016.10.006

[pdf] Perry, L.K., Perlman, M., & Lupyan, G. (2015). Iconicity in English and Spanish, and its relation to lexical category and age of acquisition. PLoS ONE, 10, e0137147. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137147

[pdf] Perlman, M., Dale, R., & Lupyan, G. (2015). Iconicity can ground the creation of vocal symbols. Royal Society Open Science, 2: 150152.

[pdf] Perlman, M. & Clark, N. (2015). Learned vocal and breathing behavior in an enculturated gorilla. Animal Cognition, 18, 1165-1179.

[pdf] Fusaroli, R., Perlman, M., Mislove, A., Paxton, A., Matlock, T. & Dale, R. (2015). Timescales of massive human entrainment. PLoS ONE, 10, e0122742.

[pdf] Blackwell, N.L., Perlman, M., & Fox Tree, J.E. (2015). Quotation as a multimodal construction. Journal of Pragmatics, 81, 1-7.

[pdf] Perlman, M., Clark, N., & Johansson Falck, M. (2015). Iconic prosody in story reading. Cognitive Science, 6, 1348-1368.

[pdf] Perlman, M. & Cain, A. (2014). Iconicity in vocalization, comparisons with gesture, and implications for the evolution of language. Gesture, 14, 320-350.

[pdf] de Boer, B. & Perlman, M. (2014). Physical mechanisms may be as important as brain mechanisms in evolution of speech. Behavioral and Brain Sciences [commentary], 37, 552-553.

[pdf] Perlman, M., Dale, R., & Lupyan, G. (2014). "Iterative vocal charades: The emergence of conventions in vocal communication," in Evolution of Language: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference (EVOLANG10), (Eds.) E.A. Cartmill, S. Roberts, & H. Cornish (Vienna), 236-243.

[pdf] Perlman, M., Clark, N., & Tanner, J.E. (2014). Iconicity and ape gesture. In E. A. Cartmill, S. Roberts, H. Lyn & H. Cornish (Eds.). The Evolution of Language: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference (EVOLANG10). New Jersey: World Scientific.

[pdf] Perlman, M. & Gibbs, R.W. Jr. (2014). Sensorimotor simulation in speaking, gesturing, and understanding. In C. Mueller, E. Fricke, A. Cienki, and D. McNeill (Eds.) Body-Language-Communication: An International Handbook on Multimodality in Human Interaction, Volume 2. Berlin: Mouton.

[pdf] Perlman, M. & Gibbs, R.W. Jr. (2013). Pantomimic gestures reveal the sensorimotor imagery of a human-fostered gorilla. Journal of Mental Imagery, 37, 73-96.

[pdf] Winter, B., Perlman, M., & Matlock, T. (2013). Using space to talk and gesture about numbers: Evidence from the TV News Archive. Gesture, 13, 377-408.

[pdf] Clark, N., Perlman, M., & Johansson Falck, M. (2013). The iconic use of pitch to express vertical space. In B. Dancygier, M. Borkent, and J. Hinnell (Eds.) Language and the Creative Mind. Stanford: SCLI publications.

[pdf] Perlman, M., Patterson, F.G, & Cohn, R.H. (2012). The human-fostered gorilla Koko shows breath control in play with wind instruments. Biolinguistics, 6, 433-444.

[pdf] Perlman, M., Tanner, J.E., & King, B.J. (2012). A mother gorilla's variable use of touch to guide her infant: Insights into iconicity and the relationship between gesture and action. In S. Pika & K. Liebal (Eds.) Developments in non-human primate gesture research (pp. 55-72). John Benjamins Publishing Company.

[pdf] Perlman, M. (2010). Talking fast: The use of speech rate as iconic gesture. In F. Perrill, V. Tobin, & M. Turner (Eds.) Meaning, form, and body. Stanford: CSLI Publications.

[pdf] Gibbs, R. W. Jr. & Perlman, M. (2010). Language understanding is grounded in experiential simulations: A response to Weiskopf. Studies in history and philosophy of science, 41, 305-308.

[pdf] Gibbs, R. W. Jr. & Perlman, M. (2006). The contested impact of cognitive linguistic research on the psycholinguistics of metaphor understanding. In G. Kristiansen, M. Achard, R. Dirven, & F. J. Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez (Eds.). Cognitive linguistics: Current applications and future perspectives (pp. 211-228). New York: Mouton.