A popular saying goes that “swearing is the universal language communication” and indeed he is not wrong, according to a new research conducted by scientists. Researchers have found that people from all over the world can perceive a insult the curse In another language when they hear it, regardless of the style or tone of the person uttering it.
From North America, to Europe and Asia, some phonemes remain the same, despite the significant differences that may exist in each dialect, as reported by New York Times.
The research was published in the journal Psychonomic Bulletin & Review and the original language studied and was used as a comparison field is Englishwhile the L, R, W or Y sounds they are the ones who they stand out and make a big impression.
Since the 20th century, the language principle that the sounds of the words are arbitraryas a result each one can have any meaning. Nevertheless, Siri Lev-Ari emphasizes that “this is actually supposed to be one of the things that define language, but in swearing and cursing it changes, since the sounds have meaning after all».
So based on the conclusions, the sound defines a word as a swear word and not so much its ending or its lettersmaking certain insults easily understood even though people may not be speaking the same language.
“This is really something fundamental,” he said, noting that “there really is something about the sounds of words.”
Source: News Beast
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