The Relationship between Psycholinguistic Features of Religious Words and Core Dimensions of Religiosity: A Survey Study with Japanese Participants

Kambara, Tomihito; Umemura, Tomotaka; Ackert, Michael; Yang, Yutao

doi:10.3390/rel11120673

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“…Words consist of associations between word forms and referents, including sensorimotor, emotional, and abstract features, gained through the learners' experiences (Paivio, 1986;Pulvermüller, 2003;Kambara et al, 2020). In the dual coding theory of associations between verbal (word forms) and nonverbal features (referents), the Canadian psycholinguist Allan Paivio proposed that the associations between word forms and referents are learned in three differential levels of processing, including representational, referential, and associative processing (Paivio, 1971;Paivio, 1986;Paivio, 2007).…”

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Pictorial Referents Facilitate Recognition and Retrieval Speeds of Associations Between Novel Words in a Second Language (L2) and Referents

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This study reveals associative processes for novel words in a second language (L2) and their referents. Thirty Japanese participants learned associative pairs for novel words in Chinese and pictorial referents (CP), as well as novel words in Chinese and words in Japanese (CJ), against a condition in which they learned only novel words in Chinese (C). After the learning phase, participants conducted two learning condition retrieval tasks for word recognition and three recognition tasks for the source-monitoring of the referents. The correct answers for each recognition task were provided to participants after each trial. Although the correct answers in all conditions increased in both the recognition and learning condition retrieval tasks, there was no significant difference among conditions. In contrast, the response times of the correct trials in all recognition tasks and the first learning condition retrieval tasks were faster for the CP condition than the CJ condition. Additionally, in the second learning condition retrieval task, missed items in associative conditions (CP and CJ conditions) were judged to be learned items more often than unlearned items, whereas missed items in the non-associative condition (C condition) were judged to be unlearned items more than learned items. These findings suggest that pictures contribute to the recognition and retrieval speeds of associations between novel words in L2 and referents, and that associative learning of L2 words and referents could enhance more familiarity effects than the learning of L2 words only.

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“…The experiment consisted of four tasks. In the first one, by using five-point semantic differential scales, participants evaluated each haptic stimulus associated with haptic sensations (e.g., stickiness) [ 27 ] and emotional feelings consisting of familiarity, preference, and arousal [ 28 , 29 ]. In the second one, we asked the participants to learn associative pairs of new word forms and haptic referents (H condition) and word forms only (W condition) as learning tasks.…”

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Associative Learning of New Word Forms in a First Language (L1) and Haptic Referents in a Single-Day Experiment

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This study focused on the associative learning of new word forms in the first language and haptic stimuli. In this study, healthy Japanese participants performed three-step tasks. First, participants made nine subjective evaluations of haptic stimuli using five-point semantic differential scales (e.g., regarding stickiness, scored from 1 (not sticky) to 5 (sticky)). Second, the participants carried out learning and recognition tasks for associative pairs of new (meaningless) word forms in their first language (Japanese) and haptic stimulus (H condition), and performed learning and recognition tasks for new (meaningless) word forms only (W condition). The order of conditions was counterbalanced among participants. Third, participants performed free recall tasks. The results of the recognition tasks showed that the proportions and response times of the W condition were better and faster, respectively, than those of the H condition. Furthermore, preference of haptic features negatively correlated with free recall scores of the H condition; however, there was no significant difference between the free recall scores of the H and W conditions. Our results suggest that new word forms were learned better than associative pairs of new word forms and haptic stimuli in a single day of learning. Furthermore, the free recall performance of word forms associated with haptic features could also be affected by their subjective evaluation (preference).

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“…Please choose the most appropriate number from 1 to 5 for each evaluative item.” The scales of the evaluative items were semantic differential scales [ 30 ]. These semantic differential scales were also based on theoretical linguistic and psycholinguistic research [ 13 , 14 , 28 , 32 , 47 ]. To control the order of the presentation of the stimuli, the order of the evaluative items was pseudorandomized between participants by preparing two lists of items to evaluate.…”

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Vowel Length Expands Perceptual and Emotional Evaluations in Written Japanese Sound-Symbolic Words

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In this study, we examined whether vowel length affected the perceptual and emotional evaluations of Japanese sound-symbolic words. The perceptual and emotional features of Japanese sound-symbolic words, which included short and long vowels, were evaluated by 209 native Japanese speakers. The results showed that subjective evaluations of familiarity, visual imageability, auditory imageability, tactile imageability, emotional valence, arousal, and length were significantly higher for sound-symbolic words with long vowels compared to those with short vowels. Additionally, a subjective evaluation of speed was significantly higher for written Japanese sound-symbolic words with short vowels than for those with long vowels. The current findings suggest that vowel length in written Japanese sound-symbolic words increases the perceptually and emotionally subjective evaluations of Japanese sound-symbolic words.

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The Relationship between Psycholinguistic Features of Religious Words and Core Dimensions of Religiosity: A Survey Study with Japanese Participants

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Pictorial Referents Facilitate Recognition and Retrieval Speeds of Associations Between Novel Words in a Second Language (L2) and Referents

Pictorial Referents Facilitate Recognition and Retrieval Speeds of Associations Between Novel Words in a Second Language (L2) and Referents

Associative Learning of New Word Forms in a First Language (L1) and Haptic Referents in a Single-Day Experiment

Vowel Length Expands Perceptual and Emotional Evaluations in Written Japanese Sound-Symbolic Words

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