Institute for German as a Foreign Language Philology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Institute of Psychology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic.
Q J Exp Psychol (Hove). 2024 Oct;77(10):2137-2150. doi: 10.1177/17470218231216304. Epub 2023 Dec 21.
The aim of this study was to test whether the availability of internal imagery elicited by words is related to ratings of word imageability. Participants are presented with target words and, after a delay allowing for processing of the word, answer questions regarding the size or weight of the word referents. Target words differ with respect to imageability. Results show faster responses to questions for high imageability words than for low imageability words. The type of question (size/weight) modulates reaction times suggesting a dominance of the visual domain over the physical-experience domain in concept representation. Results hold across two different languages (Czech/German). These findings provide further insights into the representations underlying word meaning and the role of word imageability in language acquisition and processing.
本研究旨在测试由单词引发的内在意象的可获得性是否与单词形象性的评价有关。参与者首先看到目标词，然后在允许处理单词的延迟后，回答关于单词所指大小或重量的问题。目标词在形象性上存在差异。结果表明，对于高形象性的单词，反应速度比低形象性的单词快。问题的类型（大小/重量）调节了反应时间，这表明在概念表示中，视觉域相对于物理经验域占主导地位。结果在两种不同的语言（捷克语/德语）中都成立。这些发现为单词意义的表示以及单词形象性在语言习得和处理中的作用提供了进一步的见解。
