阅读(,) 有和没有逗号.
Bernhard Angele1,2, Ismael Gutiérrez-Cordero3, Manuel Perea1,4
1Centro de Investigación Nebrija en Cognición (CINC), Universidad Nebrija, Madrid, Spain.
概括
在像西班牙语这样的写作系统中,强制性逗号不会显著地加快阅读速度. 省略它们会改变处理时间,但不会妨碍整体理解,这表明认知资源的重新分配.
科学领域:
- 心理语言学 心理语言学
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 计算语言学 计算语言学
背景情况:
- 在大多数写作系统中,逗号是必要的标点符号,以提高清晰度.
- 随便的作家经常省略强制性逗号,但对阅读的影响还不够研究.
- 在阅读过程中控制眼动是认知处理的关键指标.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究省略强制逗号对西班牙读者的眼动控制的影响.
- 为了确定强制性逗号是否有助于阅读处理或仅仅是转移阅读处理.
- 提供关于标点在阅读效率中的作用的经验数据.
主要方法:
- 在西班牙语发言者身上进行了一项眼睛跟踪实验.
- 句子呈现出有和没有强制逗号的句子.
- 记录和分析了读者眼睛的运动,包括固定时间和跳动.
主要成果:
- 在逗号之前的区域观察到,当逗号存在时,过去时间的局部增加.
- 这种延迟被后续地区更短的第一通和第二通读取时间所弥补.
- 当包含逗号时,没有发现全球句子阅读时间的整体优势.
结论:
- 强制性逗号似乎会重新分配处理时间,而不是提高整体阅读效率.
- 这些发现表明,读者适应逗号的存在或不存在,转移认知负载.
- 标点的作用可能更多的是处理的时间,而不是促进理解.
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