Persistent Identifier
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doi:10.18710/DCAFEP |
Publication Date
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2021-10-27 |
Title
| Replication Data for: Sound symbolism in Chinese children's literature |
Author
| Wang, Xiaoxi (Sorbonne University) - ORCID: 0000-0002-7328-8506 |
Point of Contact
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Description
| Dataset abstract: This dataset contains Chinese name data (N = 163) and character feature data collected from 87 local Chinese storybooks, including character nature (N = 163), character gender (N = 67), character size (N = 85), and character personality (N = 53). The data was used to examine the association between name sounds and character features.
Article abstract: Iconicity is a fundamental property of spoken and signed languages. However, quantitative analysis of sound-meaning association in Chinese has not been extensively developed, and little is known about the impact of sound symbolism in children’s literature. As sound symbolism is supposed to be a universal cognitive phenomenon, this research seeks to investigate whether iconic structures of Mandarin are embodied in native Chinese speakers’ language experience. The paper describes a case study of Chinese storybooks with the goal of testing whether phonosemantic association is prominent between name sounds and character features. A quantitative method was used to investigate the distribution of different phonological units in character denomination depending on their physical and emotional traits. The results show that phonemes and syllable combination patterns are closely related to perceivable character features. By comparing schematic mapping in Chinese with other languages, the study illuminates a cross-linguistic tendency in addition to a Chinese-specific iconic relation between sound and meaning. (2021-10-23) |
Subject
| Arts and Humanities |
Keyword
| Chinese
children's literature
iconicity
sound symbolism
cognitive linguistics |
Related Publication
| Wang, Xiaoxi. "Sound symbolism in Chinese children’s literature" Cognitive Linguistics, vol. 33, no. 1, 2022, pp. 95-120. https://doi.org/10.1515/cog-2021-0019 doi: 10.1515/cog-2021-0019 https://doi.org/10.1515/cog-2021-0019 |
Language
| English |
Producer
| Sorbonne University https://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/en |
Production Date
| 2017-07-30 |
Production Location
| Shandong, China |
Contributor
| Data Collector : Wang, Xiaoxi
Data Curator : Wang, Xiaoxi
Data Manager : Wang, Xiaoxi
Editor : Wang, Xiaoxi
Supervisor : Monneret, Philippe
Supervisor : Guérin, Françoise |
Funding Information
| China Scholarship Council (CSC): 201708070078 |
Distributor
| The Tromsø Repository of Language and Linguistics (TROLLing) (TROLLing) https://trolling.uit.no/ |
Depositor
| Wang, Xiaoxi |
Deposit Date
| 2021-10-23 |
Time Period
| Start Date: 2007-01-01 ; End Date: 2016-12-31 |
Date of Collection
| Start Date: 2017-07-01 ; End Date: 2017-07-30 |
Data Type
| observation data |
Software
| SPSS, Version: 26
Excel, Version: 16.53 |
Data Source
| 87 local storybooks kept in Zibo City Library in Shandong Province of China, written by Chinese authors. The references of all storybooks are presented in the file entitled "01_References.csv" of the current dataset; 中国7岁以下儿童生长发育参照标准(2009) "Growth and development reference standards for children under seven years old in China (2009). Retrieved from http://www.nhc.gov.cn/fys/s7906/200910/994a7f6e1bd1491a9e8efa8e762a313f.shtml. Accessed October 24, 2021.; Wikipedia |