Development of learning aid systems for sports skills using onomatopoeia voice

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K12990
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
• Principal Investigator: Tanaka Hideyuki 東京農工大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (70231412)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 篠原 和子 東京農工大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (00313304)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 動きの音象徴 / 阻害音 / 共鳴音 / 音素特性 / 身体運動 / 口頭教示 / オノマトペ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The goal of this research project is to develop a learning aid system for sports skills that conveys kinesthetic cue information to learners using onomatopoeic speech sounds. In order to achieve this goal, we conducted perceptual and cognitive experiments aimed at constructing algorithm necessary for the system’s development.
We found that the specific speech sounds systematically linked with the specific movement properties such as movement amplitude and acceleration, that is, “motion-sound symbolism”. Furthermore, we found that these sound symbol associations exist not only in visual perception of motion but also in perception of motion by proprioception. In addition, we clarified that the auditory stimulus of a specific speech sound is strongly associated with a specific motor image. This is the first time in the world to find the existence of motion-sound symbolism.

Free Research Field

知覚運動制御論

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

オノマトペを含む指導語が持つスキル伝達効果や運動パフォーマンス向上効果は，指導者や学習者の経験則として多くの逸話で語られている．しかし，科学的に実証されているとは言い難い．研究代表者らは，言語音に含まれる特定の音素（子音や母音の音素の性質）が特定の運動特性と結びつく現象（動きの音象徴現象）を世界で初めて，オーストリアのKoppenstainer博士らのグループとほぼ同時に報告した．スポーツ指導に使われる日本語の擬態語・擬音語の体系は，この動きの音象徴のルールに従っていることも確かめた．動きの音象徴現象の発見は，身体教育法の発展のみならず，言語起源研究においても重要な研究枠組みを提供できる．