摘要
采用眼动追踪实验技术,考查了核心名词生命性取向对汉语主、宾关系从句加工难度调节效应。结果显示:(1)核心名词生命性格局对汉语主、宾关系从句的加工难度有着显著调节作用,具体表现为:当主、从句中的核心名词为"生命性-非生命性"格局时,在主句核心名词、核心动词位置,宾语关系从句加工较为容易;当主、从句中的核心名词为"非生命性-生命性"格局时,在上述位置,两种关系从句加工难度差异不显著;(2)汉语主、宾关系从句加工中核心名词生命性效应主要发生在语义信息提取、论元关系建构阶段,体现出汉语语言的特异性。上述结果支持了题元切适性理论。
Subject relative clauses （SRCs） and object relative clause （ORCs） are complex sentences with multiple embedded clauses. They are useful materials to explore the inner relationships between syntax and semantics. SRCs and ORCs are effective materials for exploring the human cognitive mechanism. Many studies in Indo-European language literature have shown that SRCs are easier to process than ORCs in internal-relative clauses and the matrix verb. Moreover, differences in processing SRCs and ORCs were mediated by the animacy configuration of head noun phrases in the internal-relative clause and matrix verb. There are few studies conducted to explore the processing difficulties of Chinese RCs, even though these phenomena are prevalent in Chinese text. Moreover, very few studies ailn to explore the animacy effect of the head noun phrases due to the paucity of the field.
This paper aimed to study the processing difficulties of Chinese SRCs or ORCs with different animacy configurations by using the eye- movement tracking paradigm. According to the syntactic locality dependency account, SRCs will be more difficult to process than ORCs in Chinese internal-relative clauses, head noun phrases and head verbs in matrix because the syntactic distance between the filler and gap is longer. According to the thematic fit account, the difficulties in processing Chinese RCs will vary with the animacy configuration of the head noun phrase in the internal- relative clause and matrix. In addition, the differences in RTs are mainly found in head norm phrases and the verb in matrix, in which arguments are constructed and semantics are integrated,
A 2×2 within-subjects design was adopted with independent variables of reaction time （RT） and mean accuracy on comprehension questions. The results showed that the animacy configuration of head nouns indeed had effects on Chinese relative clause processing. Specifically, ORCs with animate-inanimate configuration were easier to process than SRCs at the first two words, the relativi
出处
《心理科学》
CSSCI
CSCD
北大核心
2016年第1期43-49,共7页
Journal of Psychological Science
基金
国家社科基金青年项目(13CYY026)的资助
关键词
汉语
主语关系从句
宾语关系从句
生命性效应
题元角色
Chinese, subject relative clause, object relative clause, animacy effect, thematic role
