Understanding the symbolic values of Japanese onomatopoeia: Comparison of Japanese and Chinese speakers

Japanese Journal of Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 424-432

  Haryu, Etsuko ^a   Zhao, Lihua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comparison between Japanese and Chinese; Education in Japanese language; Onomatopoeia; Phonetic symbolism; Voicing contrasts of consonants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHINA; HUMANS; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 38449092436     PISSN: 00215236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4992/jjpsy.78.424     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Bentley, M., & Varon, E. J. (1933). An accessory study of "phonetic symbolism." American Journal of Psychology, 45, 76-86.
2. Boersma, P., & Weenink, D. (2006). Praat: Doing phonetics by computer (Ver. 4. 5. 08) [Computer program]. (December 20, 2006.
3. Davis, R. (1961). The fitness of names to drawings: A cross-cultural study in Tanganyika. British Journal of Psychology, 52, 259-268.
4. Japanese source
5. Irwin, F. W., & Newland, E. (1940). A generic study of the naming of visual figures. Journal of Psychology, 9, 3-16.
6. Köhler, W. (1947). Gestalt psychology. 2nd ed. New York: Liveright.
7. Japanese source
8. Sapir, E. (1929). A study in phonetic symbolism. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 12, 225-239.
9. Saussure, F. (1966) Course in general linguistics. New York: McGraw Hill.
10. Japanese source
11. Tarte, R. D. (1974). Phonetic symbolism in adult native speakers of Czech. Language and Speech, 17, 87-94.
12. Tarte, R. D., & Barritt, L. S. (1971). Phonetic symbolism in adult native speakers of English: Three studies. Language and Speech, 14, 158-168.
13. Westbury, C. (2005). Implicit sound symbolism in lexical access: Evidence from an interference task. Brain and Language, 93, 10-19.