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- Title
Emotional words in Spanish: Adaptation and cross-cultural differences for the affective norms for English words (ANEW) on a sample of Argentinian adults.
- Authors
Sarli, Leticia; Justel, Nadia
- Abstract
The Affective Norms for English Words (ANEW) are a set of normative emotional ratings for verbal stimuli that have been adapted to many different languages. This article presents the 1034 ANEW words adapted into Rioplatense Spanish, a regional variation of Spanish used in Latin America. A total of 483 volunteers rated three affective (valence, arousal, dominance) and three semantic variables (familiarity, imageability, concreteness). Several objective variables, such as frequency, number of letters, syllable length, and grammatical class were also included. The results showed the typical U-shaped distribution along valence and arousal, as well as strong correlations with other ANEW adaptations. Furthermore, our sample was compared with the European Spanish sample and the original US sample and differences between languages and regional variations were found, stressing the need for culturally-specific resources for experimental research.
- Subjects
SPANISH language; CROSS-cultural differences; ENGLISH language; AFFECT (Psychology); VARIATION in language
- Publication
Behavior Research Methods, 2022, Vol 54, Issue 4, p1595
- ISSN
1554-351X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3758/s13428-021-01682-7