Not exact matches
The bouba /
kiki dynamic, along with other similarity - detecting processes in the brain, can be imagined as the basis of the creation of an endless series of
metaphors, which could correspond to a boundless vocabulary.
There is no obvious bouba /
kiki - like dynamic that would link a young, female, doomed romantic lead with a bright orb in the sky, yet the
metaphor is immediately sensible to anyone who hears it.
Rama also wonders about other kinds of
metaphors, ones that don't obviously fall into the bouba /
kiki category.