词汇触发对西班牙语-英语代码切换判断任务的影响
Bryan Koronkiewicz1, Rodrigo Delgado2
1Department of Modern Languages and Classics, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States.
Frontiers in psychology
|April 11, 2024
概括
这项研究发现,在西班牙语-英语双语者之间的内在代码交换中,相关词和文化特定词都同样可接受. 研究表明,这些词汇对句子可接受性的影响没有显著差异.
科学领域:
- 心理语言学 心理语言学
- 社会语言学 社会语言学
- 双语研究 双语研究
背景情况:
- 语义内代码交换受词汇项属性的影响.
- 之前的研究讨论了相关词或不可翻译的词是否会更自然地触发代码交换.
- 缺乏关于不同词汇类型对代码交换可接受性的影响的实验数据.
研究的目的:
- 实验性地研究 cognates 和文化特定的单词如何影响内在代码交换的可接受性.
- 为了比较词汇项在美国早期西班牙语-英语双语中引发代码交换中的作用.
- 为解决代码交换研究中的方法考虑.
主要方法:
- 对24名早期的美国西班牙语-英语双语者 (传统发言者) 进行了可接受性判断任务.
- 参与者在7点的利克特级别上对交换的句子进行了评分.
- 句子直接比较了同类词的使用 (例如,sopa) 和文化特定的项目 (例如,pozole).
主要成果:
- 没有发现条件 (亲戚与文化特定项目) 对句子可接受性的显著影响 (p = 0.623).
- 所有测试条件均获得高平均评分 (在7分级上高于6分).
- 在代码交换的句子中,相关词和特定语言的项目都同样可以接受.
结论:
- 词汇类型 (同源与文化特定) 并没有显著影响这种双语人口中内在代码交换的可接受性.
- 在代码交换研究中的判断任务不会受到这些类型的词汇项目的差异影响.
- 这些发现表明,在代码交换时,词汇项选择具有灵活性.
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