Tambov
All-Russian academic journal
“Issues of Cognitive Linguistics”

NATIONAL PECULIARITIES OF SOUND-COLOUR ASSOCIATIONS

NATIONAL PECULIARITIES OF SOUND-COLOUR ASSOCIATIONS


Author:  L.P. Prokofyeva

Abstract
The article introduces the theory of sound-colour association analysed on the basis of national specific character of linguistic consciousness of Russian and English native speakers. National systems of inter-sensory association are revealed on the foundation of experimental data and analysis of literature; the basic pattern of audio-visual interrelations is propounded and linguistic mechanisms of the phenomenon are specified.

Pages:  111-118

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