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BackgroundAlthough active research is in progress in the fields of psychology and linguistics on the emotional characteristics of the symbol and meaning of sound itself, since the systematic emotional model is not applied, each researcher uses a subjective concept and acts as an obstacle to the expansion of research. There is a limitation in that it cannot be confirmed whether the sound symbol has universality regardless of cultural differences between different languages.MethodsIn this study, the difference between the arousal and valence of emotions felt toward Hangul phonemes was explored according to consonant and vowel through comparison between Korean and Chinese women. 38 Korean women and 32 Chinese women were recruited, and an online experiment was conducted in which arousal and valence were reported for 42 Hangeul phoneme sound stimuli.ResultsAs a result of comparing the arousal and valence of each group, Koreans showed significantly higher arousal scores than Chinese, and these results showed different differences according to consonant and vowel. In valence, there was a difference between nationalities only according to consonant indicating that Koreans showed lower positivity toward aspirated sounds than Chinese. Through these results, it was confirmed that the emotional meaning of the sound symbol between different languages is different, which can be affected by consonant and vowels.ConclusionThis study identified differences in emotional perception between cultures by using two dimensions of emotions, arousal, and valence, which are systematized for sound symbols, and suggests implications for the relationship between sound symbol and emotions and cultural differences in the future.背景 尽管心理学与语言学领域针对声音符号自身的情感特性及表意开展了大量前沿研究，但由于尚未应用系统化的情感模型，各研究者均采用主观化的概念体系，这成为了研究拓展的阻碍；同时，现有研究无法验证声音符号是否具备跨语言文化差异的普适性，这也是该领域现存的局限。 方法 本研究通过对比中韩女性群体，探讨韩语（Hangul）音素所引发的情感在唤醒度（arousal）与效价（valence）维度上的差异，并依据辅音与元音进行分类分析。本研究共招募38名韩国女性与32名中国女性，开展线上实验，要求被试对42个韩语音素声音刺激报告其唤醒度与效价评分。 结果 对两组被试的唤醒度与效价评分进行对比后发现，韩国女性的唤醒度得分显著高于中国女性，且该差异依据辅音与元音类别呈现出不同特征。在效价维度上，仅在辅音层面存在国籍差异：韩国女性对送气音的积极度评分显著低于中国女性。上述结果证实，不同语言间的声音符号所承载的情感意义存在差异，且该差异会受到辅音与元音的影响。 结论 本研究通过采用针对声音符号系统化构建的情感双维度——唤醒度与效价，明确了不同文化间的情感感知差异，并为未来探索声音符号与情感的关联以及文化差异相关研究提供了启示。