Affective norms for Chinese characters
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2021/12/0053/000526Keywords:
affective norms, Chinese characters, valence, arousal, dominanceAbstract
A database has been generated which constitutes affective ratings for single Chinese characters, viz. the Affective Norms for Chinese Characters (ANCC). This database enables researchers who study the lexico-semantic properties of Chinese characters to necessitate affective and other psycholinguistic properties in a manner that is independent and unbiased. Previous ratings for single Chinese characters, although extensive, have omitted affective properties such as valence and arousal. These factors are known to significantly influence the performance of participants in word recognition and production tasks. Close examination of the data in this study shows that affective and other psycholinguistic aspects of meaning explain a significant portion of the outcomes of previous experiments conducted on Chinese characters. The database can be accessed via OSF (osf.io/jn538).
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