Jan Auracher
Biographic Data
| ID | 5423362 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jan Auracher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jan |
| FAMILY NAME | Auracher |
| SIGNATURE | AURACHER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Max Planck Society |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4357-8350 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Influence of Reader's Stereotypes on the Assessment of Fictional Characters
This article explores the issue of how cultural backgrounds influence the way readers construct mental images of fictional characters. In an experiment conducted in 2008 in Germany, we found evidence suggesting that readers of fictional narratives draw on their stereotypes when evaluating the personality of a fictional character. Moreover, results of this experiment also suggest that this tendency to focus on (stereo-)typical attributes in the ev…
P Is for Happiness, N Is for Sadness
This article demonstrates the potential of sound iconicity for automatic text analysis. This study claims that—at least in poetic language—the ratio of plosive versus nasal sounds in a text predicts its emotional tone as it is perceived by readers; that is, poems that have a relatively high frequency of plosive sounds are more likely to express a pleasant mood with high activation, whereas a relatively high frequency of nasal sounds indicates an …
Directions in empirical literary studies
P Is for Happiness, N Is for Sadness
This article demonstrates the potential of sound iconicity for automatic text analysis. This study claims that—at least in poetic language—the ratio of plosive versus nasal sounds in a text predicts its emotional tone as it is perceived by readers; that is, poems that have a relatively high frequency of plosive sounds are more likely to express a pleasant mood with high activation, whereas a relatively high frequency of nasal sounds indicates an …
Directions in empirical literary studies
P Is for Happiness, N Is for Sadness
This article demonstrates the potential of sound iconicity for automatic text analysis. This study claims that—at least in poetic language—the ratio of plosive versus nasal sounds in a text predicts its emotional tone as it is perceived by readers; that is, poems that have a relatively high frequency of plosive sounds are more likely to express a pleasant mood with high activation, whereas a relatively high frequency of nasal sounds indicates an …
The Influence of Reader's Stereotypes on the Assessment of Fictional Characters
This article explores the issue of how cultural backgrounds influence the way readers construct mental images of fictional characters. In an experiment conducted in 2008 in Germany, we found evidence suggesting that readers of fictional narratives draw on their stereotypes when evaluating the personality of a fictional character. Moreover, results of this experiment also suggest that this tendency to focus on (stereo-)typical attributes in the ev…
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Advanced Text Analysis Techniques (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Authorship Attribution and Profiling (1 works) · Big Five personality traits (1 works) · Character (mathematics (1 works)