工作记忆容量,双语和模两可的相对句子附着之间的关系
Beverly T Cotter1, Fernanda Ferreira2
1Department of Psychology, University of California, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA, 95616, USA. btcotter@ucdavis.edu.
Memory & cognition
|May 1, 2024
概括
工作记忆容量影响读者如何解决语法模两可的问题. 低工作记忆 (WM) 跨度与相对句子的特定附件偏好相关,独立于语言熟练程度.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 心理语言学 心理语言学
- 语言学的语言学.
背景情况:
- 工作记忆 (WM) 容量对于处理复杂的语言结构,包括语法模两可,至关重要.
- 以前的研究表明,WM会影响读者如何解决模两可的问题,例如相对句子的附加.
- 在不同语言背景解决这些模两可的过程中,WM和语言能力的作用需要进一步研究.
研究的目的:
- 检查工作记忆能力和语言熟练程度对相对条款附件决策的影响.
- 为了比较这些效应跨英语单语,西班牙语-英语遗产双语和普通话-英语双语.
- 为建立和测试来自Swets等人发现的结果. (2007) 关于WM和模糊性解决方案.
主要方法:
- 用双项逻辑回归分析来分析依恋偏好.
- 参与者包括英语单语,L1-L2西班牙语-英语遗产双语和L1-L2普通话-英语双语.
- 该研究评估了工作记忆的跨度和语言能力与相对句子的附加关系.
主要成果:
- 低工作记忆 (WM) 跨度与偏好高度附加模两可的相对条款有关.
- 这一发现与先前的研究一致,但与简单的最新策略相矛盾.
- 在L1或L2的语言能力对依恋偏好的影响很小.
结论:
- 工作内存容量似乎是相对句子附件偏好的主要决定因素.
- 语言熟练程度在解决这些语法模两可的问题上扮演的角色不如WM能力那么重要.
- 附着偏好主要是由理解者的认知资源和语言特定的处理特征驱动的.
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