Sound symbolism in Brazilian Portuguese Pokemon names: Evidence for cross-linguistic similarities and differences
Sound symbolism in Brazilian Portuguese Pokemon names: Evidence for cross-linguistic similarities and differences
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10.5334/jpl.257
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发表时间：
2021-02-11
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0.2
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Kawahara, Shigeto
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作者：
Godoy, Mahayana C.;Gomes, Andre Lucas;Kawahara, Shigeto
语言学和相关学科的一些研究已经广泛地探索了声音象征，声音和意义之间的系统联系。针对这一理论的发展，对口袋妖怪名称的研究揭示了声音符号模式的跨语言相似性和差异，使用不同目标语言的类似实验刺激。最近的一项实验研究表明，巴西葡萄牙语使用者在命名口袋妖怪角色时，声音象征性地发出进化信号：进化后的口袋妖怪角色倾向于获得更长的名字，带有更多的语音障碍，而进化前的角色倾向于获得更短的名字，带有更少的语音障碍。其他最近的研究表明，在日语和英语中，声音象征也可以表示口袋妖怪类型的差异：邪恶的角色往往与发声的障碍物有关，而飞行类型的角色往往有带有嘶嘶声的名字。整合这两行以前的研究提供的见解，目前的文件探讨巴西葡萄牙语的发言者是否敏感，这些类型相关的声音象征性协会。为了改进以前的研究，我们使用了一个自由命名的任务，以便让参与者自由地创建新的名字。本实验证实了浊阻音与恶型字之间的关联，但不证实咝音与飞型字之间的关联。一个后续的实验与强迫选择范式，在早期的工作中使用的相同的方法，也未能揭示系统的联系之间的嘶嘶声和飞行类型的字符。这些结果表明，这种关联可能不是普遍的，与以前的研究中提出的主张相反。
Several studies in linguistics and related disciplines have been extensively exploring sound symbolism, systematic associations between sounds and meanings. Against this theoretical development, research on Pokemon names has shed new light on cross-linguistic similarities and differences in sound symbolic patterns, using similar experimental stimuli across different target languages. A recent experimental study has demonstrated that Brazilian Portuguese speakers sound-symbolically signal evolution when naming Pokemon characters: post-evolution Pokemon characters tend to receive longer names with more voiced obstruents, while pre-evolution characters tend to receive shorter names with fewer voiced obstruents. Other recent studies showed that in Japanese and English, sound symbolism can also signal differences in Pokemon type: evil-looking characters tend to be associated with voiced obstruents, while flying-type characters tend to have names with sibilants. Integrating the insights offered by these two lines of previous studies, the current paper examines whether Brazilian Portuguese speakers are sensitive to these type-related sound symbolic associations. To improve upon previous studies, we used a free-naming task in order to give participants freedom to create new names. This experiment corroborated the associations between voiced obstruents and evil-type characters, but not the association between sibilants and flying-type characters. A follow-up experiment with a forced-choice paradigm, the same method used in earlier work, also failed to reveal systematic connections between sibilants and flying-type characters. These results indicate that this association may not be universal, contrary to the claim made in previous studies.