在第一和第二语言的时间相关单词的水平映射
Anastasia Malyshevskaya1,2, Martin H Fischer3, Yury Shtyrov4
1Potsdam Embodied Cognition Group, Cognitive Sciences, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24/25, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany. malyshevskaya.com@gmail.com.
Scientific reports
|April 27, 2024
概括
双语者在处理与时间相关的单词时,在母语和第二语言中表现出一致的左向右偏差. 在第二语言 (L2) 处理中,这种空间概念映射在更高的L2熟练程度下得到加强.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 语言学的语言学.
- 双语研究研究 双语研究
背景情况:
- 在母语 (L1) 中建立了与时间相关的词语的水平空间概念映射.
- 时间语义以视觉和空间为基础,影响注意力转移.
- 这种跨不同母语的空间偏差的普遍性得到了充分证实.
研究的目的:
- 调查是否存在类似的水平空间偏差与第二语言 (L2) 的时间相关单词.
- 探索L2熟练程度与L2时间语义的空间概念映射之间的关系.
- 为了测试双语者的时空关系的跨语言转移.
主要方法:
- 测试了俄语-英语和德语-英语双语参与者.
- 参与者将L1和L2时间相关的单词分类为过去或未来.
- 响应键 (左/右) 用于测量注意力转移和响应时间.
主要成果:
- 在所有测试语言 (L1和L2) 的时间相关单词中观察到显著的空间一致性效应.
- 这种L2处理的空间偏差与参与者的L2熟练程度正相关.
- 结果表明,在不同的L1和L2中,时间概念的水平映射是一致的.
结论:
- 这项研究支持在多种母语中用于时代语义的水平空间概念映射的存在.
- 在处理第二语言的时间词时,也会出现类似的空间偏差.
- 在L2处理中时空关联的强度似乎受个人L2熟练程度的影响.
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