Analysis of the Acoustic Characteristics of Monster Names in Monster Hunter

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  • モンスターハンターのモンスター名が持つ音響的な特徴の分析

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<p>The phenomenon in which a sound itself evokes a certain image is called sound symbolism. Many studies have been reported regarding sound symbolism, but there are many remained aspects of sound symbolism that have yet to be clarified. The final goal of our study is to clarify the whole picture of sound symbolism. To reach this goal, we collect a wide variety of examples. We will then attempt to discover their unique sound symbolism. By integrating the many examples of sound symbolism obtained, we attempt to clarify the whole picture of sound symbolism. This study adopts monster names in the Monster Hunter series, which are considered to be examples of sound symbolism. We consider that sound symbolism might exist between the monster name and the total length of the monster. In the experiment, the classifier was constructed on a CNN basis and Grad-CAM, an XAI technique, was used to analyse the acoustic characteristics of the monster names. We hypothesised from the experimental results that the /r/ sound gives the impression of being louder. We also tested the hypothesis in a subjective evaluation experiment and found that the results statistically supported the hypothesis.</p>

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