不道德是向后,道德是向前? 在中英双语中隐喻道德
1Department of Foreign Languages, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, Zhejiang, China. yanghuilan@mail.zjgsu.edu.cn.
Cognitive processing
|August 30, 2024
概括
双语者表明,不道德行为与向后移动一致,这一发现在他们的第一语言和第二语言中一致. 然而,在本研究中没有观察到道德行为与前进之间预期的联系.
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:
- 概念隐喻理论假定抽象的概念是通过具体的经验来理解的.
- 隐喻道德是向前移动/不道德是向后移动在语言中很常见.
- 双语提供了一个独特的镜头来研究跨语言的概念处理.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究"道德是向前移动/不道德是向后移动"比喻在中英双语者的体现.
- 为了检查这个比喻是否在第一语言 (L1) 和第二语言 (L2) 中都被类似地访问.
- 在双语背景下为概念隐喻理论提供经验证据.
主要方法:
- 参与者使用操纵杆运动 (向前/向后) 来分类道德和不道德的单词.
- 在主体内设计包括兼容的 (道德前进,不道德后退) 和不兼容的 (道德后退,不道德前进) 块.
- 测量了反应时间,以评估行动兼容性影响.
主要成果:
- 不道德的单词被更快地归类为向后移动,支持不道德是向后移动的隐喻.
- 伦理词语也显示了稍微的缓解与后退运动,而不是预测的前进运动.
- 中国的道德词比英语的道德词处理得更快,跨语言的行动兼容性效果相似.
结论:
- 双语者在L1和L2两种语言中都表现出共享的IMMORAL IS MOVING BACKWARD概念隐喻.
- 在任何一种语言中都没有发现道德是向前发展的隐喻的证据.
- 这些发现支持概念隐喻理论,并突出了双语者的语言特定处理细微差别.
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