Naming of meaningless sketch image

Abstract

We basically could give any name to an object, because the relation between an object and its name is generally arbitrary. However, we find that some names fit the object, and other do not. This indicates that names are restricted by the objects to some extent. To investigate this restriction, this study operated naming test of meaningless images. The experimental results revealed that voiced sounds and vowel /a/ matched among the subjects, indicating that these sounds are bounded by the images. In contrast, a vowel /e/ is less restricted. These results would contribute to name generation, which is an unexplored research field.