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Quantitative Analysis of Phonetic Iconicity

  • The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
  • Abbr : JSLCKC
  • 2018, (48), pp.3-20
  • DOI : 10.16874/jslckc.2018..48.001
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature
  • Published : May 31, 2018

王迈 1

1상해외국어대학 국제문화교류학원

Candidate

ABSTRACT

Language is rich in equivalent categories, most of which are subordinate measurements of time and space and are psychologically consistent with basic measurements. By means of phonetic experiments, the present paper aims to prove that psychological consistency can be realized as phonetic iconicity in terms of physical properties. These representations include size of resonance cavity, sound duration, fundamental frequency, intensity, among others. Based on the assumption that Space Exponential Model offers a measure of basic phonetic measurements, the present study performs statistical analysis of 35 pairs of common monosyllabic antonyms. Data derived from these cases are in consistency with psychological perception. Some deviant cases are also corrected in comprehensive calculations.

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