語境與語言限制對擬聲詞「Click」和「Knock」的語音與知覺影響

Phonetic and Perceptual Consequences of Context and Linguistic Constraints in Click and Knock Onomatopoeias

儘管擬聲詞在不同語言中普遍存在，其本質仍未得到充分認識。這可能是由於對同一聲音的表現或模仿程度不同，結果往往顯得隨機。然而，跨語言研究證據顯示，在特定語境中，某些音段在表現聲音象徵詞義方面具有一定的一致性。基於這些觀察，本研究探討了宿霧語中「Click」和「Knock」擬聲詞的生成與知覺（n=38位宿霧語母語者）。通過宿霧語的聲學語音分析以及宿霧語和西班牙語的知覺測試，我們的結果顯示跨語言和語言特定的限制結合起來，影響了宿霧語使用者對「Click」和「Knock」擬聲詞的發音與知覺。特別是，擬聲詞的形成和常規化可能促成了受觀察的語言形成特定的模式。

The nature of onomatopoeias is still not adequately understood, despite their crosslinguistic presence. This may be due to the varying degrees of representations or imitations of the same sound, which often appear arbitrary. However, crosslinguistic evidence suggests that certain sound segments exhibit some consistency in representing sound symbolic word meanings within particular contexts. With these observations in mind, the present study explored the production and perception of click and knock onomatopoeias in Cebuano (n=38 native Cebuano speakers). Using acoustic phonetic analysis in Cebuano and perceptual tests in Cebuano and Spanish, our results suggest a combination of crosslinguistic and language-specific constraints that influence Cebuano speakers’production and perception of click and knock onomatopoeias. In particular, onomatopoeic word formation and conventionalization may have contributed to the language-specific patterns observed.