反事实中的事实 - - 中国反事实的认知表现
Yufei Ren1,2, Gang Cui1, Stella Christie3,4
1Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Scientific reports
|December 28, 2023
概括
中国人评价事实性的"如果......那么"句子比非事实性的句子更可接受. 这表明,对于缺乏明确的反事实标记的语言的使用者来说,表示反事实可能不那么明确,更具挑战性.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 语言学的语言学.
- 心理语言学 心理语言学
背景情况:
- 语言在对反事实的语法标记上有所不同.
- 之前对讲汉语的人进行的研究,这种语言缺乏明确的反事实标记,在反事实表现方面产生了不同的结果.
- 研究语言结构与认知表征之间的联系至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查说中文的人如何代表反事实.
- 为了确定语言中明确的反事实标记的缺失是否会导致不那么明确的认知表征.
- 评估演讲者对反事实句子构造中的异常的敏感性.
主要方法:
- 中国人使用"ruguo (if)...jiu (then) "构造来评价句子的可接受性.
- 句子的真实性有所不同:非事实条件 (例如",如果鱼有腿...") 与事实条件 (例如",如果狗有腿...").
- 分析了可接受性评级,以检测对真实世界事实的语义坚持的敏感性.
主要成果:
- 中国人对事实性的"如果......那么"句子的接受度明显高于非事实性的.
- 这一发现与说话者通过偏爱非事实场景来清楚地代表反事实的假设形成鲜明对比.
- 结果表明,对这些演讲者来说,处理反事实可能更具挑战性.
结论:
- 在没有专用语法标记的语言的说话者中,反事实的认知表达可能不那么明确.
- 语言结构会影响对概念的认知表现,如反事实.
- 需要进一步的研究来了解反事实认知中跨语言差异的细微差别.
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