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Peggy Liaw¹, David M Sidhu¹, Lorraine D Reggin^2,3

¹Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Canada.

Developmental science

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概括

儿童表现出对名称中的声音象征的敏感性,性别形状的关联比更广泛的名称声音象征更早出现. 成年人表现出更强烈的效果,这表明语义意义可能会影响真实单词中的声音象征.

科学领域:

认知心理学认知心理学
发展心理学发展心理学
语言学的语言学.

背景情况:

声音象征主义将语言声音与感知/语义属性联系起来,以maluma/takete效应为例.
名字的声音象征主义将这一点扩展到真实名字上,将感知到的性别与形状联系起来 (例如,女性的圆性,男性的尖性).
以前的研究集中在成年人身上,儿童的发育轨迹未知.

研究的目的:

调查儿童中名字声音象征的出现.
检查年龄和语言能力对这些关联的影响.
为了比较儿童和成人对声音象征和性别形状关联的敏感性.

主要方法:

我们对儿童和成年人进行了一项研究,以评估他们对名字和形状的关联.
考虑了年龄和语言能力的个体差异.
分析了参与者的反应,以确定对名称声音符号和性别形状关联的敏感性.

主要成果:

与儿童相比,成年人对名字声音象征和性别形状关联都表现出明显更强的敏感性.
性别形状的关联可以在5至7岁的儿童中观察到.
名称的声音象征,与性别形状的联系不同,似乎在发展的晚期出现.

结论:

研究结果表明,虽然基本的性别形状关联在早期存在,但更复杂的名称声音象征在儿童时期晚些时候发展.
语义含义和社会语言信息,如性别,可能与实际词中的语音线索相竞争,可能削弱声音象征效应.
声音象征可能在非词与真词之间运行不同,这对语言的获取和处理有影响.

关键词:

交叉模式对应的交叉模式对应.性别性别性别性别性别语言处理语言处理.名称感知名称感知名称声音象征符号声音的象征性声音的象征性

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