Affective Meaning of Pronouns in a Russian Sample  

作　　者：Leonid Dorfman 

机构地区：[1]Perm State Institute of Culture, Penn, Russia

出　　处：《Journal of Literature and Art Studies》2016年第9期1042-1055,共14页文学与艺术研究（英文版）

摘　　要：The present study examines affective meaning of pronouns （in Russian） represented by the semantic differential. Of direct relevance to the present study is the theory of affective meaning propounded by Osgood. Two hypotheses were tested. According to a ＂magnitude＂ hypothesis, affective dimensions （each of evaluation, potency, and activity taken separately） differ in their magnitude across pronouns I, My, Me, and They. A ＂structural＂ hypothesis stated that the affective dimensions yield latent factors across （the generality） and within （the concept-scale interaction） the pronoun concepts. Repeated-measures analysis of variance （1-way ANOVA） and confirmatory factor analysis were employed to process data. It was found that each of the evaluation and potency measures yield a significant magnitude change across the pronouns, but there was indicated no significant change across the pronouns with respect to the activity dimension. Therewith, the pronoun My gained a salient value and the pronoun They the smallest value. Using confirmatory factor analysis five models were tested. Among them one model was good fit to the data. It engaged a four-factor solution resulted in that four pronouns are latent affective distinct but related factors and the evaluation, potency, and activity are their indicators.

关 键 词：personal pronouns affective meaning semantic differential GENERALITY concept-scale interaction 

分 类 号：O212.2[理学—概率论与数理统计] TP391.2[理学—数学]