Sound-symbolic association between speech sound and spatial meaning in relation to the concepts of up/down and above/below

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2023-07-25 DOI:10.1017/langcog.2023.31

L. Vainio, Alexandra Wikström, C. Repetto, M. Vainio

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Research has shown sound-symbolic associations between speech sounds and conceptual and/or perceptual properties of a referent. This study used the choice response time method to investigate hypothesized associations between a high/low vowel and spatial concepts of up/down and above/below. The participants were presented with a stimulus that moved either upward or downward (Experiments 1 and 2), or that was located above or below the reference stimulus (Experiment 3), and they had to pronounce a vowel ([i] or [æ]) based on the spatial location of the stimulus. The study showed that the high vowel [i] was produced faster in relation to the up-directed and the above-positioned stimulus, while the low vowel [æ] was produced faster in relation to the down-directed and the below-positioned stimulus. In addition, the study replicated the pitch-elevation effect showing a raising of the vocalization pitch when vocalizations were produced to the up-directed stimulus. The article discusses these effects in terms of the involvement of sensorimotor processes in representing spatial concepts.

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从上/下和上/下的概念看语音与空间意义之间的声音符号关联

研究表明，语音与指涉物的概念和/或感知特性之间存在声音-符号关联。本研究采用选择反应时间法来研究高/低元音与上/下和上/下空间概念之间的假设关联。在实验1和实验2中，参与者看到了一个向上或向下移动的刺激，或者位于参考刺激的上方或下方(实验3)，他们必须根据刺激的空间位置发出元音([i]或[æ])。研究表明，上向刺激和上向刺激产生的高元音[i]更快，下向刺激和下向刺激产生的低元音[æ]更快。此外，该研究还复制了音调提升效应，表明当向上定向刺激产生发声时，发声音调会提高。本文从感觉运动过程参与空间概念表征的角度讨论了这些效应。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

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312

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2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.