The Psychological Review, 1895, Vol. 8

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Excerpt from The Psychological Review, 1895, Vol. 8: Psychological MonographsAfter having given various words to the subject, all of which gave rise to an immediate feeling of familiarity, i. E., she had known it before and would again presently, the ques tion arose: Is this familiarity really part of the word meaning, or simply the reaction on the human voice speaking, _ regardless of what is said? Indeed when nonsense syllables were given, they seemed as familiar to the subject as the others. For a moment they were accepted as friends just as the others had been, but at once the content of the experience became 'i don't know what to do with it' instead of I do know.' Nevertheless there was an appreciable interval during which it was accepted because the general articulation and tone were familiar. Al though the subject did not know how to react eventually on the syllable, that is, did not know What to do with it, she did know how to spell it, to reproduce it, and she was used to that tone of the human voice. Since, however, the feeling came equally well with words of real significance, foreign language or non sense syllables, it could not be regarded as a part of meaning in its strictest sense. When, moreover, the words were Spoken in a high unnatural tone of voice, this familiar feeling was retarded, and a feeling of peculiarity took precedence. After this there was the same familiar feeling as before. The famil iar feeling here was apparently aroused by the articulation as distinct from the tone of voice. Now since a word to be spoken at all must be articulated to some extent, this feeling can never be wholly detached from the others. It must always be pres ent to distinguish articulate speech from mere noise, but it cannot be regarded as part of the strict meaning, even though it is always present.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.