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Arbitrariness and motivation in sound symbolic meanings: theorization through cross-linguistic experimental studies

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K02679
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Linguistics
Research InstitutionTokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Principal Investigator

SHINOHARA Kazuko  東京農工大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (00313304)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 宇野 良子  東京農工大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (40396833)
秋田 喜美  名古屋大学, 人文学研究科, 准教授 (20624208)
Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords音象徴 / 語頭破裂音 / 通言語比較 / 音声学的特性 / 英語 / 日本語 / 語頭子音 / オンライン実験 / 言語間差異 / 恣意性 / 有契性 / 語頭阻害音 / 両唇音 / 国際学会発表 / 阻害音の有声性 / 類型論 / 通言語実験
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Using experimental methods, we explored whether there are cross-linguistic differences in sound symbolism, which is a kind of perceptual phenomenon where linguistic sounds evoke certain images or meanings. Plosives in Japanese and English were tested for several images such as hardness and evilness. It was found that voiced plosives in these languages could evoke different sound symbolic images. English word-initial voiceless plosives evoked harder images than voiced plosives, while in Japanese the opposite association was observed. This means that sounds that are phonologically the same can result in different sound symbolic images, when phonetic properties of the sounds vary among different languages.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

音象徴現象は、20世紀初頭から長く理論言語学の主流であった「言語記号の恣意性」という原理の反例と考えられており、現在では言語学のみならず、心理学・脳神経学・人工知能、ロボット工学など様々な分野に爆発的に研究が拡大している。音象徴現象の詳細な分析を通して、その身体的動機づけ、また言語による違いを精密に記述し考察することで、各種の応用研究の基礎となる理論的基盤を提供できる。とくに本研究で明らかにしてきた日本語と英語の音象徴現象の違いは、知らずに用いると思わぬ誤解を与える場面がありうるため、他言語の話者との適切なコミュニケーションや、日本の製品の広告、スポーツ指導場面などに活かすことができる。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (15 results)

All 2019 2018 2017

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Invited: 4 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Crossmodal Association Between Linguistic Sounds and Motion Imagery: Voicing in Obstruents Connects With Different Strengths of Motor Execution2019

    • Author(s)
      Yamauchi Naoto、Shinohara Kazuko、Tanaka Hideyuki
    • Journal Title

      Perception

      Volume: 48 Issue: 6 Pages: 530-540

    • DOI

      10.1177/0301006619847577

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 時間メタファーの言語相対性2019

    • Author(s)
      篠原和子
    • Journal Title

      メタファー研究

      Volume: 2 Pages: 44-77

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Future is rose color’ but what color is the future?2019

    • Author(s)
      Matsunaka, Yoshihiro and Kazuko Shinohara
    • Organizer
      Metaphor Festival '19
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Sound symbolism of evilness.2019

    • Author(s)
      Shinohara, Kazuko and Ryoko Uno.
    • Organizer
      The 12th International Symposium on Iconicity in Language and Literature
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] コミュニケーションの有無がもたらすオノマトペ表現の変化―仮想テクスチャを用いた実験を通して―2019

    • Author(s)
      宇野良子,大海悠太,林淑克,篠原和子
    • Organizer
      日本認知科学会第36回大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 日本語オノマトペは国際化できるか― 音象徴の実験研究から―2019

    • Author(s)
      篠原和子
    • Organizer
      第44回社会言語科学会研究大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Evil or not? Sound symbolism in Pokemon and Disney character names.2018

    • Author(s)
      Hosokawa, Yuta, Naho Atsumi, Ryoko Uno, and Kazuko Shinohara.
    • Organizer
      The First Conference on Pokemonastics
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The sound-symbolic effect of consonant voicing on the naming of snacks in Japanese: An experimental study.2018

    • Author(s)
      Kumagai, Gakuji, Ryoko Uno, and Kazuko Shinohara.
    • Organizer
      Conference on the Language of Japanese Food
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Which crackers are you talking about?: Analysis of Japanese mimetics for imagined food textures.2018

    • Author(s)
      Uno, Ryoko, Fumiyuki Kobayashi, Kazuko Shinohara, and Sachiko Odake
    • Organizer
      Conference on the Language of Japanese Food
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 音象徴と身体性:motion symbolismをめぐって2018

    • Author(s)
      篠原和子
    • Organizer
      日本語用論学会メタファー研究会2-Dayシンポジウム「身体性」
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 言語音が生み出すイメージ:音象徴の身体的基盤2018

    • Author(s)
      篠原和子
    • Organizer
      外国語と日本語との対照言語学的研究
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 音象徴と身体性2018

    • Author(s)
      篠原和子
    • Organizer
      日本語用論学会・メタファー研究会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Sound symbolism of food texture: Cross-linguistic differences in hardness.2017

    • Author(s)
      Shinohara, Kazuko, Ryoko Uno, Fumiyuki Kobayashi, and Sachiko Odake
    • Organizer
      14th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 音象徴の身体性基盤2017

    • Author(s)
      篠原和子,田中秀幸
    • Organizer
      第31回日本人工知能学会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 「音象徴・オノマトペと認知言語学」辻幸夫(編)『認知言語学大事典』2019

    • Author(s)
      篠原和子・秋田喜美
    • Publisher
      朝倉書店
    • ISBN
      9784254510584
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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