Linguistic research at the University of Edinburgh’s School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences has charted the evolution of phonaesthemes - a particular sound, or sound sequence, within a word that suggests a certain meaning. For example, words beginning with a “gl” sound have evolved within Indo-European languages so that in, modern-day, English they have produced a plethora of words that have a common association with characteristics relating to light - glow, glitter, gleam, glass, glisten, glimmer etc.
This research, undertaken by the Centre for Language Evolution, has resulted in a musical and arts-based project - Sing the Gloaming [twilight] - that draws upon the linguistic evolution of “glhei”-based phonaesthemes to create award-winning outputs that feature some of Scotland’s leading contemporary musicians and artists.
In this video, we explore the research undertaken into phonaesthemes, and how this has resulted in exhibitions, recordings, and videos that provide artistic interpretation of how we can trace our verbal descriptions of the many forms light can take back to a single, proto-word spoken thousands of years ago.
Additional Related Resources
Sing the Gloaming record release on Blackford Hill Records -
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Further information on Professor Simon Kirby’s research and the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Language Evolution -
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Information on Tommy Perman, Rob St John, and their work -
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