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- Title
Name Agreement Norms for a Set of 260 Pictures in Kannada for Children.
- Authors
Ahmed, Wasim; Murthy, Anusha N.; Gargeshwari, Aditi; M., Nikitha
- Abstract
The utility of picture naming is beyond dispute, yet, it has become evident to us that cross linguistic comparisons using this technique are limited by the absence of comparable naming norms across the languages. As there are many different ways to depict an object in a picture, each one can elicit a different response. Also, the degree to which each picture possesses the characteristics that affect the process under investigation is unknown. To be able to compare studies that used picture naming, it is important to have norms of the pictorial stimuli that are used in these studies. The most frequently used picture set in norming studies is the one developed by Snodgrass and Vanderwart (1980). These authors standardized 260 pictures on following variables: name agreement, image agreement, familiarity, age of acquisition (AoA) and visual complexity. These variables are known to have very high theoretical importance in studies of picture naming. A total of 100 subjects within the age range of 5-16 years participated in the study. All were native Kannada speakers and approximately equal number of males and females served in task. Stimuli consisted of 260 pictures, developed by Snodgrass and Vanderwart (1980). All were instructed to identify each picture with the first name that came to their mind which may consist of more than one word. The collected data was suitably tabulated and was subjected to descriptive statistical treatment along with information statistic 'H' and with percentage agreement scores for each picture. Results of this study provided a positive indication that these pictures can be utilized to fulfill various experimental needs pertaining to Kannada speaking children, though standardization based upon rest of the variables namely image agreement, visual complexity, concept familiarity and age of acquisition are necessary and will facilitate the experimenters to select pictures efficiently to suit their needs.
- Subjects
INDIA; TEACHING aids; LINGUISTICS research; PHOTOGRAPHS; KANNADA language; FOREIGN language education; SCHOOL children
- Publication
Language in India, 2013, Vol 13, Issue 4, p320
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article