An audiovisual-experimental study of the frame-semantic properties of mimetics

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24720179
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: AKITA Kimi 大阪大学, 言語文化研究科(研究院), 講師 (20624208)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: オノマトペ / 擬音語・擬態語 / フレーム意味論 / コーパス / 視聴覚実験 / マルチメディア辞典 / 音象徴 / 認知言語学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This frame-semantic study delved into the fine-grained semantic content of mimetic/ideophonic words in Japanese with the help of audiovisual resources. Combining traditional methodologies in linguistics (e.g., introspection) with new "cognitive" methods (e.g., corpus statistics, experiments), we analyzed the constructional and semantic restrictions on mimetics and their paralinguistic correlates (e.g., intonation, phonation, gesture). These findings were reflected in the compilation of an online multimedia "encyclopedia" of Japanese mimetics.

Free Research Field

言語学