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Emma.) To the German at least, because of his pronunciation of the name, its sound seems to contain something similar to the aspect of the birds. But we may con- struct another example. If, looking at these two fig- ures (18 and r9), the reader is asked to choose which he would rather call "takete" or "maluma,"he will probably be able to decide with ease.' I take it for granted, then, that there are some FiG.18 similarities between the experiences we have through different sense organs. In passing we may remark that in primitive languages one finds much evidence for assuming that the names of things and events often originate according to this similarity between their properties in vision or touch, and certain sounds or acoustical wholes.' In modern languages, it is F1a. 19
