Scents and sensitivity : the emotional valence and flexibility of Afrikaans taste and smell adjectives
| dc.contributor.advisor | Bylund, Emanuel | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Oostendorp, Marcelyn | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Beyers, Talya | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.other | Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of General Linguistics. | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-07T12:31:16Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-22T14:33:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-12-07T12:31:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-12-22T14:33:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-12 | |
| dc.description | Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2021. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.abstract | ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The present study investigated the influence of perceptual experience on the emotional valence of Afrikaans adjectives associated with smell and taste, as well as the emotional valence of the contexts within which these adjectives occur. This study has three research questions, the first of which is "In comparison to adjectives associated with other sensory modalities, to what extent are Afrikaans taste and smell adjectives emotionally valenced?", the second of which is "In comparison to adjectives associated with other sensory modalities, to what extent do Afrikaans smell and taste adjectives appear in highly emotionally valenced phrases?", and the third of which is "In comparison to adjectives associated with other sensory modalities, to what extent are Afrikaans taste and smell adjectives emotionally flexible?". This study consisted of two norming studies and a corpus study. In the first norming study, 60 Afrikaans adjectives were normed for sensory modality and valence by 78 native Afrikaans speakers. In the second norming study, 344 Afrikaans nouns were normed for valence by 140 native Afrikaans speakers. Occurrences of phrases consisting of these adjectives and nouns in the VivA (Virtuele Instituut vir Afrikaans) Korpusportaal Omvattend 1.9 (2021) corpus were analysed. The present study investigated the influence of perceptual experience on the emotional valence of Afrikaans adjectives associated with smell and taste, as well as the emotional valence of the contexts within which these adjectives occur. This study has three research questions, the first of which is "In comparison to adjectives associated with other sensory modalities, to what extent are Afrikaans taste and smell adjectives emotionally valenced?", the second of which is "In comparison to adjectives associated with other sensory modalities, to what extent do Afrikaans smell and taste adjectives appear in highly emotionally valenced phrases?", and the third of which is "In comparison to adjectives associated with other sensory modalities, to what extent are Afrikaans taste and smell adjectives emotionally flexible?". This study consisted of two norming studies and a corpus study. In the first norming study, 60 Afrikaans adjectives were normed for sensory modality and valence by 78 native Afrikaans speakers. In the second norming study, 344 Afrikaans nouns were normed for valence by 140 native Afrikaans speakers. Occurrences of phrases consisting of these adjectives and nouns in the VivA (Virtuele Instituut vir Afrikaans) Korpusportaal Omvattend 1.9 (2021) corpus were analysed. The results of this study are inconsistent with previous findings that smell and taste words are significantly more emotionally valenced and appear in more emotionally valenced and flexible contexts than words associated with the other sensory modalities. It was found that Afrikaans taste and smell adjectives are only marginally more emotionally valenced, and this valence does not extend to the phrases in which these adjectives occur. This challenges the idea that sensory language is embodied to the extent that it influences patterns in language use and highlights the need to study a variety of languages to draw conclusions about the embodiment of sensory language. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.abstract | AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie het die invloed van perseptuele ervaring op die emosionele waarde van Afrikaanse byvoeglike naamwoorde wat met reuk en smaak verband hou, sowel as die emosionele waarde van die kontekste waarbinne hierdie byvoeglike naamwoorde voorkom, ondersoek. Hierdie studie het drie navorsingsvrae. Die eerste navorsingsvraag is: "In vergelyking met byvoeglike naamwoorde wat met die ander sensoriese modaliteite verband hou, tot watter mate word Afrikaanse smaak- en reukbyvoeglike naamwoorde emosioneel gewaardeer?". Die tweede navorsingsvraag is: "In vergelyking met byvoeglike naamwoorde wat met die ander sensoriese modaliteite verband hou, tot watter mate verskyn Afrikaanse smaak- en reukbyvoeglike naamwoorde in hoogs emosioneel gewaardeerde frases?" en die derde navorsingsvraag is: "In vergelyking met byvoeglike naamwoorde wat met die ander sensoriese modaliteite verband hou, tot watter mate is smaak- en reukbyvoeglike naamwoorde emosioneel buigsaam?". Hierdie studie het uit twee normeringsstudies en 'n korpusstudie bestaan. In die eerste normeringsstudie is 60 Afrikaanse byvoeglike naamwoorde deur 78 moedertaal Afrikaanssprekendes volgens sensoriese modaliteit en emosionele waarde genormeer. In die tweede normeringsstudie is 344 Afrikaans selfstandige naamwoorde deur 140 moedertaal Afrikaanssprekendes volgens emosionele waarde genormeer. Die voorkoms van frases wat uit hierdie byvoeglike naamwoorde en selfstandige naamwoorde bestaan, in die VivA (Virtuele Instituut vir Afrikaans) Korpusportaal Omvattend 1.9 (2021) is ontleed. Die resultate van hierdie studie is in stryd met vorige bevindings dat reuk- en smaakwoorde aansienlik meer emosioneel gewaardeer is en in meer emosioneel gewaardeerde en emosioneel buigsame kontekste voorkom as woorde wat met die ander sensoriese modaliteite verband hou. Daar is gevind dat Afrikaans smaak- en reukbyvoeglike naamwoorde slegs effens meer emosioneel gewaardeer word, en dat hierdie emosionele waarde nie tot die frases waarin hierdie byvoeglike naamwoorde voorkom, strek nie. Hierdie bevinding daag uit die idee dat sensoriese taal afhanklik van sensoriese persepsie tot die mate dat dit patrone in taalgebruik beïnvloed, is. Dit beklemtoon die behoefte om 'n verskeidenheid tale te bestudeer om gevolgtrekkings oor die beliggaming van sensoriese taal te maak. | af_ZA |
| dc.description.version | Masters | en_ZA |
| dc.format.extent | 129 pages : illustrations | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/123998 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University | en_ZA |
| dc.rights.holder | Stellenbosch University | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Sensory linguistics | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Afrikaans language -- Adjective | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Afrikaans taste and smell adjectives | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Sensory language | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Afrikaans language -- Psychological aspects | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Scents and sensitivity : the emotional valence and flexibility of Afrikaans taste and smell adjectives | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_ZA |