言葉の “あや” の印象の分類

言語表現の心理的効果測定のための形容語尺度の選定

抄録

The present paper investigated the question of what constitutes an impression of “figurative” speech. Twenty-two subjects read figurative expressions and rated their figurativeness on 50 adjective scales under two conditions. Condition 1 required subjects to rate figurative expressions using simple and direct impressions. Condition 2 required subjects to respond to figurative expressions paying attention to the surface forms of the expressions. Both results were quite similar. Both indicated that the 50 adjective scales were classified into several clusters. Within each cluster, the adjective scale which highly correlated to its own cluster component was selected for further research. Results suggested that impressions of figurative speech included both an intellectual or rational aspect and an affective aspect. Results also showed that both aspects consisted of 3 or 4 components. Ortony, Clore, and Foss (1987) have classified affective related words in terms of the types of situations they refered to in certain verbal contexts. Results from my study were compared with the classifications given by Ortony et al.(1987).