看不到的东西:眼睛在一个空白的屏幕上移动,在第一个和第二个语言处理否定时
Norbert Vanek1, Ana Matić Škorić2, Sara Košutar3
1School of Cultures, Languages and Linguistics, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Frontiers in human neuroscience
|October 25, 2024
概括
在第二语言 (L2) 中处理否定并不比在第一语言 (L1) 中更困难. 理解者可以在L1和L2英语中对肯定和否定句子产生预期,突出强大的心理模拟能力.
科学领域:
- 心理语言学 心理语言学
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 获得第二语言的学习.
背景情况:
- 否定处理通常被认为比肯定更困难.
- 否定处理困难对第一语言 (L1) 与第二语言 (L2) 理解的影响仍然是研究领域.
- 了解理解者在句子处理过程中如何预测信息是评估理解易度的关键.
研究的目的:
- 调查否定处理在L1和L2中是否比肯定更困难.
- 为了确定与L1.1相比,L2化合物中的处理否定是否存在困难.
- 检查不同类型的否定 (语义与否定量化器) 如何影响在句子处理过程中对视觉信息的预测.
主要方法:
- 采用一个空白屏幕模式来记录眼睛的固定.
- 参与者包括克罗地亚的母语和克罗地亚的英语学习者.
- 在L1 (克罗地亚语) 和L2 (英语) 两种语言中操纵了句子极性 (肯定与负面) 和否定类型 (语义与负面量化器).
主要成果:
- 在L1中,肯定比否定更容易处理,这与之前的研究一致.
- 在L1和L2两组的参与者都成功预测了句子与图片的匹配.
- 在L1克罗地亚语中,预期的外观在否定类型之间没有显著的差异.
- L2英语学习者在不同的否定类型中表现出预测能力.
结论:
- 在L2中理解并不一定意味着减少创造期望的能力.
- 心理模拟在处理L1和L2两者的否定方面都很强大.
- 这些发现挑战了L2否定处理与L1否定处理相比本质上更困难的概念.
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