Sound Symbolism - Paperbackby Gnatchuk Hanna (Author) A direct connection between sounds and meanings has been an element of doubt for numerous researchers. In the present paper we shed light upon the most arguable problems in phonosemantics. Moreover, we've made some attempts to confirm the fact that English and German consonants possess certain meanings. In this case we've performed a psycholinguistic experiment and analyzed the texts of poetry and prose. The results have