评估非毛利语使用者的毛利语活跃词汇的大小
Yoon Mi Oh1, Simon Todd2,3, Clay Beckner4
1Department of French Language and Literature, Ajou University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
PloS one
|August 23, 2023
概括
非毛利语说者识别的毛利语词比他们能定义的更多,表明隐含的知识没有明确的理解. 在没有明确的知识的情况下,声学概率会影响单词识别.
科学领域:
- 心理语言学 心理语言学
- 社会语言学 社会语言学
- 认知科学 认知科学
背景情况:
- 非毛利语的新西兰人经常遇到毛利语,但获得的词汇量有限.
- 现有的研究表明,隐性 (基于形式) 和显式 (语义) 的毛利词知识之间存在区别.
研究的目的:
- 量化非毛利语者可以识别和定义的毛利语单词的数量.
- 调查隐式和显式词知识如何与词识别任务中的语音学概率和邻近密度相互作用.
主要方法:
- 参与者完成了评估识别真实毛利语单词和积极定义毛利语单词的任务.
- 一个单词/非单词的歧视任务被用来检查声学概率和邻里密度的影响.
- 与参与者的隐式和显式毛利词知识水平相比,分析了绩效.
主要成果:
- 非毛利语说者识别的毛利语单词比他们能定义的要多得多.
- 隐含的单词知识与单词歧视中的语音概率和邻近密度效应有关.
- 显式词语知识缓和了这些影响,在缺乏显式词语知识的参与者中观察到更强的效应.
结论:
- 非毛利语说者对毛利语单词形式有相当大的隐性知识,但对显式语义知识却有限.
- 音语概率在词识别中起着重要作用,特别是在没有明确的语义知识的情况下.
- 这些发现支持在第二语言环境中获得和访问词汇知识的双流程模型.
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