Preferred Facing Directions of Pictures: A Comparison of Traffic Signs in Japan and Germany

フォーマット:

論文

責任表示:

Nishijima, Yoshinori ; 西嶋, 義憲

言語:

英語

出版情報:

Institute for Cross-Cultural Research, 2018

著者名:

• Nishijima, Yoshinori
• 西嶋, 義憲

掲載情報:

Intercultural communication studies : ICS

ISSN:

1057-7769      

巻:

27

通号:

2

開始ページ:

115

終了ページ:

132

バージョン:

publisher

概要:

金沢大学人間社会研究域経済学経営学系<br />Persons or objects on signs seem to have a culturally preferred direction of facing (Kumakura, 1990). Is such a difference in direction also true of pictures on traffic signs between Japan and Germany? People i … n Japan and Germany drive on the left and the right side of the road, respectively. In this respect, a question arises: Does the difference between left-hand and right-hand traffic in these two countries influence the way the pictures on traffic signs face? The aim of this study is threefold: 1) to collect functionally equivalent traffic signs in Japan and Germany; 2) to compare the pictures on the signs between these countries with respect to their facing directions; and 3) to try to clarify whether and to what extent differences in facing directions are found on the traffic signs. The results are expected to contribute to the study of the relationship between writing directions and facing directions of pictures. 続きを見る

URL:

http://hdl.handle.net/2297/00061316