Cross-linguistic and language-specific sound symbolism : Pokémonastics
Cross-linguistic and language-specific sound symbolism : Pokémonastics
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跨语言和特定语言的声音象征：神奇宝贝
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2019
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Rebecca L. Starre
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Stephanie S Shiha;Jordan Ackermanb;Noah Hermalinc;Sharon Inkelasc;H. Janga;J. Johnsona;Darya Kavitskayac;Shigeto Kawaharad;Miran Oha;Rebecca L. Starre
声音象征的跨语言盛行引发了声音象征对应的普遍性与语言特殊性的关键问题。研究跨语言声音符号模式的一个挑战是很难在不同的文化中保持真实世界的指称不变。在这项研究中，我们通过利用来自多语言娱乐特许经营权Pokémon的丰富的跨语言数据集来解决跨语言比较的挑战。在这个受控的宇宙中，我们比较了精灵宝可梦名字(Pokemoniker)在六种语言中的声音象征：日语、英语、普通话、粤语、韩语和俄语。我们的结果表明，两种语言都倾向于编码与声音象征相同的属性，但更重要的是，也揭示了声音象征的差异根源于语言特有的结构和词汇限制。
The cross-linguistic prevalence of sound symbolism raises key questions about the universality versus language-specificity of sound symbolic correspondences. One challenge to studying crosslinguistic sound symbolic patterns is the difficulty of holding constant the real-world referents across cultures. In this study, we address the challenge of cross-linguistic comparison by utilizing a rich, cross-linguistic dataset drawn from a multilingual entertainment franchise, Pokémon. Within this controlled universe, we compare the sound symbolisms of Pokémon names (pokemonikers) in six languages: Japanese, English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, and Russian. Our results show that the languages have a tendency to encode the same attributes with sound symbolism, but crucially also reveal that differences in sound symbolism are rooted in language-specific structural and lexical constraints.*