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  Emotional effects of poetic phonology, word positioning and dominant stress peaks in poetry reading

Kraxenberger, M., & Menninghaus, W. (2016). Emotional effects of poetic phonology, word positioning and dominant stress peaks in poetry reading. Scientific Study of Literature, 6(2), 298-313. doi:10.1075/ssol.6.2.06kra.

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Kraxenberger, Maria1, Author                 
Menninghaus, Winfried1, Author                 
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1Department of Language and Literature, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Max Planck Society, ou_2421695              

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Free keywords: poetry joy sadness underlining task poetic phonology dominant stress peaks word position
 Abstract: This study tested the hypothesis that features of linguistically non-mandatory phonological recurrence (rhyme, alliteration, assonance, and consonance), parameters of word positioning (position within a line and line position) and dominant stress peaks are related to readers’ identification of distinctively joyful and sad words in poetry. To this end, forty-eight participants read eight German poems, completed an underlining task, and filled out a brief questionnaire. Results show that these target features are clearly of importance for readers’ perception of pronounced levels of joy and sadness. Words featuring alliteration, assonance or consonance were significantly more often underlined as distinctively joyful than were words that lack these features. Our study shows also that words that feature a dominant stress peak and are placed in more advanced positions within the poems were more likely to be identified as emotional (distinctively joyful and sad) when compared to words in earlier and unstressed positions.

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 Dates: 2017-03-202016
 Publication Status: Issued
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1075/ssol.6.2.06kra
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Title: Scientific Study of Literature
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Publ. Info: Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 6 (2) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 298 - 313 Identifier: ISSN: 2210-4372