温度塑造语言的声音:从一个大数据集的重新验证
Tianheng Wang1, Søren Wichmann2, Quansheng Xia3
1School of Liberal Arts, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
PNAS nexus
|December 7, 2023
概括
人类的语音模式,特别是声音,与全球温度有积极的相关性. 寒冷的气候似乎削弱了语音的声音,表明气候变化.
科学领域:
- 语言声学语言声学
- 环境语言学环境语言学
- 语言的演变 语言的演变
背景情况:
- 自然环境因素影响人类语言的语音模式.
- 语音声和环境温度之间的潜在相关性具有显著的兴趣.
研究的目的:
- 研究语言的平均声度与全球温度之间的关系.
- 为了确定气候因素是否影响了语言的演变.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自5,293种语言的基本词汇的综合数据库.
- 使用通用声度尺度计算每个语言的平均声度.
- 分析了跨宏观区域和语言家族的相关性.
主要成果:
- 在全球范围内证实了语言声度和温度之间的显著正相关性.
- 这种关系在整个宏观区域和语言家族中被观察到,但不是在家族内.
- 寒冷的温度似乎对语音的声音产生了削弱作用.
结论:
- 气候因素,特别是温度,在塑造语音模式和语言演变方面发挥着作用.
- 语言适应温度是一个缓慢的过程,全球气候趋势显示出明显的影响.
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