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Iconicity and systematicity in phonaesthemes: A cross-linguistic study
Cognitive Linguistics ( IF 1.796 ) Pub Date : 2020-08-27 , DOI: 10.1515/cog-2018-0079
Jose A. Mompean 1 , Amandine Fregier 1 , Javier Valenzuela 2
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Abstract This study aims to find out whether speakers of different language backgrounds (English, French, Spanish, and Macedonian) are sensitive to semantic associations (‘fluid’ and ‘forcible contact’) attached respectively to two purported phonaesthemes (/fl-/ and /tr-/). Participants completed the task in oral and written conditions. They had to match phonaestheme-related definitions with either of two non-words (one phonaestheme-bearing and the other containing a distractor). The results obtained indicate that participants significantly chose non-words beginning with /tr-/ when the definition activated a meaning related to forcible contact, and non-words starting with /fl-/ when the definitions made reference to fluids in the four languages. The results point to the existence of non-arbitrary sound-meaning relations. A corpus-driven study of frequencies of lemmas and word tokens starting with the purported phonaesthemes also sheds light on the possible origin of the phonaesthemic associations, suggesting that both iconicity and systematicity motivate such associations. The results obtained are interpreted in the context of a functional, usage-based model of language, which can accommodate the existence of iconic tendencies, the role of learning and linguistic experience in language, and arbitrariness.

中文翻译:

语音美学中的象似性和系统性:跨语言研究

摘要本研究旨在找出不同语言背景(英语,法语,西班牙语和马其顿语)的说话者是否对分别附加于两个声称的音韵主题(/ fl- /和)的语义联想(“流体”和“强迫接触”)敏感。 / tr- /)。参与者以口头和书面形式完成了任务。他们必须将与语音美学相关的定义与两个非单词中的一个匹配(一个带有语音美学的单词,另一个包含干扰词)。获得的结果表明,当定义激活与强制接触有关的含义时,参与者会明显选择以/ tr- /开头的非单词,而当定义引用了四种语言的流体时,则以/ fl- /开头的非单词。结果表明存在非任意的声-义关系。以语料库为驱动力的研究,从所谓的语音美学开始,对词缀和单词记号的频率进行了研究,也揭示了语音美学关联的可能起源,表明象似性和系统性都促进了这种联想。在基于功能,基于用法的语言模型的上下文中解释获得的结果,该模型可以适应标志性倾向的存在,语言中学习和语言经验的作用以及任意性。
更新日期:2020-08-27
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