The Internal Structures of Sound-Symbolic Systems: the Universal and Language-Specific Portions of Sound Symbolism. - Noburo Saji; Kimi Akita; Mutsumi Imai; Katerina Kantartzis; Sotaro Kita (CogSci, 2012)

Cross-Linguistically Shared and Language-Specific Sound Symbolism for Motion: An Exploratory Data Mining Approach. - Noburo Saji; Kimi Akita; Mutsumi Imai; Katerina Kantartzis; Sotaro Kita (CogSci, 2013)

Phonation Types Matter in Sound Symbolism. - Kimi Akita (Cogn. Sci., 2021)

Perceptual Strength Norms for 510 Japanese Words, Including Ideophones: A Comparative Study with English. - Hinano Iida; Kimi Akita (CogSci, 2023)

The Iconicity Ring Hypothesis Bridges the Gap Between Symbol Grounding and Linguistic Relativity. - Mutsumi Imai; Kimi Akita (Top. Cogn. Sci., 2023)

Iconicity Emerges From Language Experience: Evidence From Japanese Ideophones and Their English Equivalents. - Hinano Iida; Kimi Akita (Cogn. Sci., 2024)