Sound-Symbolic Semantics of Written Japanese Vowels in a Paper-Based Survey Study
Sound-Symbolic Semantics of Written Japanese Vowels in a Paper-Based Survey Study
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DOI：
10.3389/fcomm.2021.617532
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发表时间：
2021-03-18
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Kambara, Toshimune
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作者：
Ando, Misa;Liu, Xinyi;Kambara, Toshimune
言语声音可以与特定的意义联系在一起，这一现象被称为声音象征。以前关于声音象征的发现表明，包括特定辅音或元音或口型的单词发音特定元音与特定和主观的身体和情感评价有关。这项研究的目的是检验特定语言中的每个书面元音是否分别与特定的主观评价相关联。613名受试者使用10个特征(大小、贴近度、厚度、宽度、重量、高度、深度、情感、兴奋度和熟悉度)的五分语义差异量表对书写的日语元音(a、i、u、e和o)进行评级。结果表明，a、u和o的大小、贴近度、厚度和宽度显著高于i和e，而a的亲和度和熟悉度高于其他三个。这些结果与以前的发现是一致的，即声音符号词中的元音与身体(即大小、接近程度、厚度和宽度)和情感(即情感)评估有关。我们的发现表明，每个书写的日语元音本身都有其各自的特点，可以单独对具体的和主观的身体和情感评估做出贡献。这些发现为我们如何更好地利用书信在作者和读者之间建立沟通关系提供了见解。
Verbal sounds can be associated with specific meanings, a phenomenon called sound symbolism. Previous findings of sound symbolism have shown that words including specific consonants or vowels or mouth shapes to pronounce specific vowels associate with specific and subjective physical and emotional evaluations. The purpose of this study was to examine whether each written vowel in a given language was individually associated with specific subjective evaluations. Six hundred and thirteen participants used five-point semantic differential scales for 10 features (size, closeness, thickness, width, weight, height, depth, affection, excitement and familiarity) to rate written Japanese vowels (a, i, u, e, and o). The results showed that the size, closeness, thickness and width of a, u and o were significantly higher than those of i and e, whereas the affection and familiarity of a were higher than the others. These results were consistent with previous findings in which vowels in sound-symbolic words have been associated with physical (i.e., size, closeness, thickness and width) and emotional (i.e., affection) evaluations. Our findings suggest that each written Japanese vowel itself, with its individual characteristics, could individually contribute to specific and subjective physical and emotional evaluations. These findings provide insights on how we could better use letters for communicative relationships among writers and readers.