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MWITA-BAO-2026-006 · Evidence B · P1

In China's automobile market, semantic model names were associated with 7.64% more sales than alphanumeric names, whereas phonosemantic names were associated with 4.92% fewer; domestic, foreign, entry-level and high-end brands showed different naming advantages.

What this does not establish

Chinese logographic naming and automobiles; not evidence that semantic names lift demand in phonographic languages, services or low-involvement goods, and not a recall experiment.

Counterevidence & uncertainty

Semantic naming benefited domestic and entry-level products, while foreign/high-end products benefited from foreign-sounding names; no single naming type dominated every segment.

What would change the reading

Track replication, revised records, denominators, confidence intervals, channel changes and realized behavioral or commercial outcomes.

Primary routes

  1. BAO-S006https://doi.org/10.1177/0022243718820571Open source record →

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