31.387, Qs: Speakers needed to validate stimuli

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Subject: 31.387, Qs:  Speakers needed to validate stimuli

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Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 21:14:55
From: Peonelyn Ricalde [peonelyn.ricalde.2016 at live.rhul.ac.uk]
Subject: Speakers needed to validate stimuli

Calling all speakers of Albanian, Arabic, Basque, Georgian, Hebrew, Hindi,
Japanese, Malay, Mandarin, Mongolian, Russian, and Welsh!

We are currently in need speakers of the languages listed above for our
upcoming study on sound symbolism.
We translated our stimuli into the 12 languages mentioned above using a
variety of sources with varying reliability. Therefore, before we conduct the
study, it would be appreciated if anyone who speaks any of the languages or
who are familiar with the languages, could please double-check that we chose
the most common translation of each word and that the IPA transcription for it
is correct.

Our study will include translations of the words:

- Little / Small (relative to size)
- Short (relative size)
- Tiny
- Large
- Long
- Huge
- Light (relative to how bright something is)
- Bright (relative to something that is full of light and strong in colour)
- White (the colour)
- Dark (relative to the lack of brightness)
- Dim (relative to the lack of brightness)
- Black (the colour)

Below are the translations and IPA transcriptions that we found.
For some meanings, we could not find a direct translation in some of the
languages. If there are translations for these words, please let us know.

Please let us know if you think that the translations and IPA transcriptions
are correct and if you have errors to correct! Please email your feedback to
peonelyn.ricalde.2016 at live.rhul.ac.uk.

Thank you for your help!

Words and translations:

Albanian 
Little/small - i Vogël /iˈvɔɡəl/ 
Short - I shkurtër /iʃkurtər/ 
Tiny – i vocërr /ivɔtsər/ 
Large - I madh /i mað/ 
Long - I Gjatë /iɟatə/
Huge – No translation found 
Light - i zbehtë /izbɛhtə/
Bright - i ndritshëm /indɾitʃəm/ 
White -bardhë /baɹðə/ 
Dark - errët /ɛrət/
Dim – No translation found
Black - I Zi /izi/

Arabic (MSA)
Little/ small - صغير /sʼa'ɣiːr,/
Short – قصير /qa'sʼiːr/
Tiny – No translation found
Large – كبير /ka'biːr/
Long – طويل /tˁa'wiːl/
Huge – ضخم /ḍkẖm/
Light – فاتِح /faːtħ/
Bright – فاقِع /faːqiʕ/
White – أبيض /'ʔabjaď/
Dark - غامِق/ɣaːmɪq/
Dim – خافِت /xaːfɪt/
Black – أسود /aːswad/

Basque 
Little/small – Txiki /tʃiki/ 
Short - Labur /labur/
Tiny – No translation found 
Large – Handi /handi/ 
Long – Luze /lus̻e/
Huge – No translation found 
Light – Argi /arɡi/ 
Bright – Distiratsu /dis̺tirats̺u/ 
White – Zuri /s̻uri/ 
Dark – Ilun /ilun/ 
Dim – Iluntzeko /ilunts̻eko/
Black – Beltz /belts̻/

Georgian 
Little/ small - პატარა /pʼɑtʼɑrɑ/ 
Short - მოკლე /mɔkʼlɛ/ 
Tiny - პაწაწინა /pʼɑtsʼɑtsʼinɑ/ 
Large - დიდი /didi/ 
Long - გრძელი /ɡrdzɛli/ 
Huge - უზარმაზარი /uzɑrmɑzɑri/ 
Light - ნათელი /nɑtʰɛli/ 
Bright - კაშკაშა /kʼɑʃkʼɑʃɑ/ 
White - თეთრი /tʰɛtʰri/ 
Dark - ბნელი /bnɛli/ 
Dim - დაბნელებული /dabnɛlɛbuli/ 
Black - შავი /ʃɑvi/

Hebrew
Little/ small – קָטָן /katan/
Short – קָצָר /katsaʁ/
Tiny – פִּצְפּוֹן /pitspon/ or קטנטן /ktantan/
Large – גָּדוֹל /ɡadol/
Long – אָרֹךְ /aʁox/
Huge – עֲנָק /ànák/
Light – בהיר /bahiʁ,/
Bright – בּוֹהֵק /bohek/
White – לבן /lavan/
Dark – כהה /kehe,/
Dim – עמום /ʔmum/
Black – שָׁחֹר /ʃaxoʁ/

Hindi 
Little/ small – थोड़ा /tʰɽaː/
Short – छोटा /tʃhoˈʈa:/
Tiny – No translation found
Large - बड़ा /bəɽɑː/ 
Long – लम्बा /laːmbaː/ 
Huge – विशाल /ʋɪʃaːlaː/ 
Light – रोशनी /ɾoːʃniː/
Bright – चमकीला /cəməkiːlɑː/
White – सफेद /səpʰeːd̪ə/ 
Dark - अंधेरा /əndʱɛːɾaː/ 
Dim – धुंधला /dʱʊndʱalaː/
Black – काला /kaːlaː/

Japanese
Little/ small - 小さい /t͡ɕiːsa̠i,/
Short - 短い /mʲidʑikai/
Tiny - ちっぽけ /tɕi̥／ppo＼ke/
Large - 大きい /o̞ːkʲiː,/
Long - 長い /na／ŋa＼i/
Huge - 巨大 /kʲo／dai‾/
Light - 淡い /a／ɰa＼i/
Bright - 明るい /a／kaɾɯᵝi‾/
White - 白い /ɕi̥ɽoi,/
Dark - 暗い /kɯᵝ／ɾai‾/
Dim - 薄暗い /ɯᵝ／sɯᵝŋɯᵝɾa＼i/
Black - 黒い /ku͍ɽoi,/

Malay
Little/ small – Kecil /kətʃil/
Short – Pendek /pendek/
Tiny – No translation found
Large – Besar /bəsar/
Long – Panjang /pand͡ʒaŋ/
Huge – No translation found
Light – No translation found
Bright – Terang /təraŋ/
White – Putih /putih/
Dark – Gelap /gəlap/
Dim – Samar /samar/
Black – Hitam /hitam/

Mandarin
Little/ small - 小 /ɕǎu/
Short - 矮 /ǎi/
Tiny – No translation found 
Large - 大 /tà/ 
Long - 长 /ʈʂʰáŋ/
Huge – No translation found 
Light - 浅 /tɕǣn/
Bright - 亮 /lʲàŋ/
White - 白 /páisɤ̀ː/
Dark - 暗 /æ̀n/ 
Dim - 暗淡的 /æ̀ntæ̀ntɤ/
Black - 黑色 /xə̄isɤ̀ː/

Mongolian 
Little/ small - Жижиг /t͡ʃit͡ʃig/ 
Short – Богино /pɔːginɔ/
Tiny – No translation found 
Large - том /tʰɔm/ 
Long – Урт /uːrtʰ/
Huge – No translation found 
Light – цайвар /t͡saiwar/ 
Bright – Тод /tʰɔːt/ 
White - Цагаан /t͡sagaːn,/ 
Dark - харанхуй /xaranxuj/
Dim – No translation found 
Black – Хар /xar/

Russian
Little/ small – Маленький /mˈalʲɪnʲkʲɪj/
Short – Короткий /kɐrˈotkʲɪj/
Tiny – Крошечный /krˈoʂᵻt͡ɕnᵻj/
Large – Большой /bʌljˈʂo̞j/
Long – длинный /dlʲˈinːᵻj/
Huge – Огромный /ɐgˈromnɨj/
Light – Светлый /svʲˈetlᵻj/
Bright – Яркий /jˈærkʲɪj/
White – Белый /bʲˈelᵻj/
Dark – тёмный /ˈtjom nɨj/
Dim – Тусклый /tˈusklᵻj/
Black – Чëрный /ˈtɕornɨj/

Welsh 
Little/ small – Bach /baːχ/
Short – Byr /bi:r/ 
Tiny – Bitw /bi:tuː/
Large – Mawr /mau̯r/
Long – Hir /hiːr/ 
Huge – Enfawr /ɛnfaːwr/
Light – Golau /ɡɔlɛ/ 
Bright – Llachar /ɬaːkhaːr/ 
White – Gwyn /ɡwɨn/ 
Dark - Tywyll /tɨːɨuɬ/ 
Dim – Pŵl /puːl/ 
Black – Du /diː/

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     General Linguistics

Subject Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb)
                     Chinese, Mandarin (cmn)
                     Hebrew (heb)
                     Hindi (hin)
                     Japanese (jpn)
                     Russian (rus)
                     Welsh (cym)

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