Influences of Co-occurrence of Onomatopoeia and Body Motion on Quality of Communication

Abstract

In Japanese language, the onomatopoeia is used frequently in communication. Recently, many researches on onomatopoeia have been performed in many fields such as engineering, psychology, medicine and so on. And the effectiveness of onomatopoeia is indicated in these researches. In this research, we investigate the influence of the body motion on quality of communication using onomatopoeia. In the experiment, we verify the quality of communication from three points of view: the degree of transmission, the feeling of transmission, the degree of rebuilding of contents. We prepare the videos of storytelling in which different expression methods: not using onomatopoeia and not using body motion, not using onomatopoeia and using body motion, using onomatopoeia and not using body motion, using onomatopoeia and using body motion. As a result of the experiment, the degree of transmission becomes high by using body motion. In addition, the degree of transmission becomes low by using onomatopoeia. Also, the feeling of transmission becomes high by using body motion. Especially, in the impression of the story, when onomatopoeia co-occurs with body motion, the feeling of transmission becomes high remarkably. Furthermore, the degree of rebuilding of contents becomes high by using onomatopoeia.