Abstract
Sixty-four Ss produced words associated with smallness and largeness. Eighty-three Ss judged vowel phonemes with regard to whether they were associated with smallness or largeness. Lists of words denoting smallness vs. largeness obtained in the present study and also in Newman's early study of magnitude symbolism, were compared to determine if initial vowels, initial letters, or final letters of words conveyed magnitude symbolism. A vowel-phoneme analysis also was carried out on the words produced in the present study. For the present word lists, and also for Newman's lists (contrary to Newman's conclusions), initial vowels do convey magnitude symbolism. The phoneme analysis of the present lists also supports the conclusion that vowel sounds convey magnitude symbolism. First and final letters of words do not appear operative, to any large extent, in conveying magnitude symbolism. It was suggested that different portions of words may each be operative in conveying phonetic symbolism, but that the type of symbolism conveyed may well vary from one portion of the word to another.
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