英语类伪词的尺寸-声音标志性影响了引用标签和语法
Leonardo Michelini1, Lynne C Nygaard1
1Cognitive and Computational Sciences, Emory University.
Cognitive science
|February 10, 2025
概括
声音的象征性,或标志性,影响人们如何感知和产生语言. 这项研究发现,唤起大小的伪词影响了参与者的表情,表明了对口语声音大小映射的敏感性.
科学领域:
- 心理语言学 心理语言学
- 语音学 语音学 语音学
- 认知科学 认知科学
背景情况:
- 语音声音可以通过标志性传递感知信息,声音和意义之间的相似性.
- 普罗索迪,包括音调和强度,可以唤起引用者的物理特征,以传达意义.
研究的目的:
- 调查假词形式和对象属性之间的标志性是否会影响发音.
- 为了确定是否一致的标签-引用映射引发标志性的体调制.
主要方法:
- 实验1:通过让参与者将伪词 (听起来小,模两可,听起来大) 与不同尺寸的动物形象相匹配,评估尺寸和声音的标志性.
- 实验2:通过让参与者发音伪词与特定尺寸的引用符相配对,研究了标志性映射如何影响声乐产生.
主要成果:
- 参与者优先将听起来小的伪词与小的参考词相匹配,而听起来大的伪词与大的参考词相匹配.
- 声乐表达体现了伪词本身所唤起的尺寸,而不是特定的标签-引用关系.
结论:
- 语言用户对口语中的声音与尺寸的标志性敏感.
- 这种灵敏度调节了语音的产生,影响了基于单词内在的声音象征的表情.
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