Publications

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[pdf] Perlman, M. (in press). Iconic prosody is deeply connected to iconic gesture, and it may occur just as frequently. 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.