Relationship Between Part-of-Speech-Based Stylistic Indicators and Subjective Impressions
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- Iseki Ryuta
- Taisho University
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- Kikuchi Risa
- Life Skill Education Institute in the Graduate School of Hosei University
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- Mochizuki Masaya
- Nihon University
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- Fukuda Yuki
- Hosei University
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- Ishiguro Kei
- National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- 品詞構成に基づく文体指標は読者の印象とどのように関わるか
- Psychological Study of MVR and Part-of-Speech Composition
- MVRと品詞構成率の心理学的検討
Abstract
The Modifier-Verb Ratio (MVR) is a widely used index for assessing stylistic features of Japanese texts in terms of part-of-speech composition. It is unclear how such elements are related to impressions resulting from reading a text. A questionnaire survey examined the relationship between MVR/part-of-speech rates and subjective impressions. Multilevel analysis indicated that noun and verb rates negatively affected imaginability, which was not the case for the modifier rate. We found an interaction between different types of part-of-speech by replacing the part-of-speech rates with the mean part-of-speech rates of sentences, which suggested that the more adjectives authors use, the easier it is for readers to imagine the scene depicted by texts, but only in that specific part-of-speech compositions. On the other hand, we did not find any promising explanatory variables for the impression of the speed of an unfolding story. We have discussed the relationship between part-of-speech composition and stylistic impressions, the significance of focusing on the part-of-speech composition of sentences, and reexamined the working definition based on this discussion.
Journal
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- Mathematical Linguistics
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Mathematical Linguistics 33 (7), 493-509, 2022-12-20
The Mathematical Linguistic Society of Japan
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390017046607620352
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- ISSN
- 24330302
- 04534611
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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- Abstract License Flag
- Allowed