唇辅音、浊塞音与宝可梦友谊之间的跨语言语音象征关系。
A cross-linguistic, sound symbolic relationship between labial consonants, voiced plosives, and Pokémon friendship.
作者信息
Kilpatrick Alexander, Ćwiek Aleksandra, Lewis Eleanor, Kawahara Shigeto
机构信息
Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, Nagoya, Japan.
Leibniz Center for General Linguistics (ZAS), Berlin, Germany.
出版信息
Front Psychol. 2023 Feb 24;14:1113143. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1113143. eCollection 2023.
INTRODUCTION
This paper presents a cross-linguistic study of sound symbolism, analysing a six-language corpus of all Pokémon names available as of January 2022. It tests the effects of labial consonants and voiced plosives on a Pokémon attribute known as . Friendship is a mechanic in the core series of Pokémon video games that arguably reflects how friendly each Pokémon is.
METHOD
Poisson regression is used to examine the relationship between the friendship mechanic and the number of times /p/, /b/, /d/, /m/, /g/, and /w/ occur in the names of English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, German, and French Pokémon.
RESULTS
Bilabial plosives, /p/ and /b/, typically represent high friendship values in Pokémon names while /m/, /d/, and /g/ typically represent low friendship values. No association is found for /w/ in any language.
DISCUSSION
Many of the previously known cases of cross-linguistic sound symbolic patterns can be explained by the relationship between how sounds in words are articulated and the physical qualities of the referents. This study, however, builds upon the underexplored relationship between sound symbolism and abstract qualities.
引言
本文呈现了一项关于语音象征的跨语言研究，分析了截至2022年1月所有可用的宝可梦名字的六种语言语料库。它测试了唇音和浊塞音对一种名为“友好度”的宝可梦属性的影响。友好度是宝可梦电子游戏核心系列中的一种机制，可以说是反映了每只宝可梦的友好程度。
方法
采用泊松回归来研究友好度机制与英语、日语、韩语、中文、德语和法语宝可梦名字中/p/、/b/、/d/、/m/、/g/和/w/出现次数之间的关系。
结果
双唇塞音/p/和/b/在宝可梦名字中通常代表高友好度值，而/m/、/d/和/g/通常代表低友好度值。在任何语言中均未发现/w/存在关联。
讨论
许多先前已知的跨语言语音象征模式的案例可以通过单词发音方式与所指对象的物理属性之间的关系来解释。然而，本研究基于语音象征与抽象属性之间尚未充分探索的关系展开。
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