Warm or slightly hot? Differences in linguistic dimensions describing perceived thermal sensation.
Warm or slightly hot? Differences in linguistic dimensions describing perceived thermal sensation.
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温暖还是微热？
DOI：
10.2114/jpa2.28.37
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发表时间：
2009
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Eric A Stone
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作者：
Joo;Y. Tochihara;Hitoshi Wakabayashi;Eric A Stone
本文讨论了英语、日语和韩语中表达热感觉的术语的语言用法。特别是，韩国语中的ttatthada（温暖）和日语中的atatakai（温暖）代表一种积极的热感觉。对于韩国人和日本人来说，将热感觉明确地表达为温暖是隐含地暗示热舒适或满意的状态。当“舒适的温暖”和“不舒适的温暖”被翻译成韩语或日语时，它们听起来像是一个多余的表达，而且可能是一种矛盾修饰法。主观热感觉已经使用特定的语言进行了测量，然后翻译成英语进行国际交流。环境生理学或人体工程学的国际标准（ISO）在制定标准、统一国际研究和建议进一步研究方向方面发挥了重要作用。然而，不同文化在语言维度上的差异可能会在解释不同语言测量的热感知时造成混乱。可以想象，在朝鲜语和日语中举例说明的类似困难可能存在于其他语言中。因此，测量主观热感觉的国际标准需要考虑到不同文化对这些描述符的解释差异。为了使国际标准在国际上有效，需要对热感知词的语言差异进行系统研究。
This communication discussed the linguistic usages of terms expressing perceived thermal sensation in English, Japanese, and Korean. In particular, ttatthada (warm) in Korean and atatakai (warm) in Japanese represents a thermally positive feeling. For Koreans and Japanese, to explicitly express thermal sensation as warm is to implicitly connote a thermally comfortable or satisfied state. When 'comfortably warm' and 'uncomfortably warm' are translated into Korean or Japanese they sound like a redundant expression and possibly an oxymoron, respectively. Subjective thermal perception has been measured using particular languages and then translated into English for international communication. International Standards (ISO) in environmental physiology or ergonomics have played an important role in setting criteria, unifying international research, and suggesting the direction of further research. However, the differences in linguistic dimensions across cultures may cause confusion when interpreting thermal perceptions measured by different languages. It is conceivable that similar difficulties exemplified in Korean and Japanese may exist in other languages. Therefore, international standards for the measurement of subjective thermal perceptions need to take into account the variations of interpretation given to these descriptors across cultures. For international standards to be internationally valid, systematic research on linguistic differences in thermal perceptive words is required.