Dear participant,

I invite you to take part in a linguistic experiment with the aim to explore sound-meaning mapping in а language. Please, fill in the following questionnaire. Thank you for your cooperation!

Instructions:

• Please, fill in the questionnaire.
• Listen to the recording. You will hear a number of words from a rare-spoken language. First you will hear the number of the word in the list. Each word will be repeated twice. During the pause, choose the meaning which you consider matching the sound shape of the word and tick the appropriate box.
• Do not think long, trust you language intuition.

Questionnaire

Your sex:		Male		Female

Your age:
Native language
Knowledge of other language(s)

THANK YOU!

1		moan		sound of a strike		sound of boiling water
2		circle		dotted line		sharp angled figure
3		to bite		to yawn		to lick
4		dark		heavy		lightweight
5		howl		sound of a fall		laughter
6		straight line		sharp angle		circle
7		to bare one’s teeth		to smile		to kiss
8		dull		sharp		flat
9		sound of steps		rain		thunder
10		big		small		medium size
11		people		that very person		we
12		drop		noise of leaves		water flowing among the rocks
13		to swim		to jump		to stand still
14		bent inwards		sharp		dull
15		echo		sound of a starting engine		sound of a shot
16		lightweight		bright		heavy
17		noise made by a grasshopper		sound of a sheet of metal		sound of a stringed instrument
18		wind		concrete		bowl
19		big beast		domestic fowl		young of an animal
20		to sit still		to rush forward		to slide