摘要
双宾结构和介词与格结构是结构启动研究中最常考察的一对句法结构。它们之间不仅存在结构差异,还存在语义差异。如果存在语义启动,那么二者之间的语义差别势必影响结构启动效应。针对这一假设,本研究通过图片描述任务考察了中国英语学习者的双宾/介词与格结构的启动情况。结果表明,启动过程是结构启动和语义启动共同作用的结果,离开了语义条件的单纯的句法结构启动是不存在的。
The most frequently used syntactic structure in structural priming studies involves twoalternative dative constructions. Double-object datives and to-datives differ not only syntacticallybut also semantically. The former entails the suggestion that the recipient possesses a transferredobject whereas the latter does not. Previous work on priming has generally overlooked thisphenomenon. In consequence, priming was originally considered as involving syntactic treestructures, not constructions with associated meanings. To explore whether semantics matters inpriming, an investigation was conducted into the priming effect of English dative constructionsin advanced Chinese-speaking learners of English. The results afford evidence for semanticpriming in that priming of structure is not independent of meaning.
出处
《现代外语》
CSSCI
北大核心
2009年第1期59-67,共9页
Modern Foreign Languages
基金
广东外语外贸大学校级青年项目(项目批准号:GWQ09003)
教育部人文社会科学重点研究基地基金的资助(“不同认知层面接口的第二语言习得研究”
项目批准号:07JJD740067)
