PAZARLAMADA SES SEMBOLİZMİ: SES SEMBOLİZMİNİ ARAŞTIRAN PAZARLAMA ÇALIŞMALARININ ÜZERİNE BÜTÜNCÜL BİR İNCELEME

Abstract

Despite an increase in marketing research on sound symbolism particularly since the beginning of 2000s, there is a lack of integrative review of the empirical marketing studies regarding sound symbolism. To address this gap, this study offers a comprehensive review of 46 sound symbolism related marketing articles published between 1970 and 2019. The compiled articles were examined through content analysis in terms of the scope of research, methodology, and conceptual issues. The results indicate that despite the significant progress in the extant sound symbolism literature with respect to marketing, marketing research on sound symbolism is still at the stage of development. This study is expected to contribute to the pertinent body of knowledge by introducing an integrative literature review of sound symbolic marketing research and to further marketing studies by indicating the gaps that were not addressed by previous marketing research.