西班牙性别标记的形态声学维度:西班牙双语的NP处理
Ana T Pérez-Leroux1,2, Laura Colantoni1,2, Danielle Thomas1,2
1Experimental Microvariation Lab, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Frontiers in human neuroscience
|December 30, 2024
概括
遗产西班牙语说话者与移民不同地处理性别,在自然语言中观察到延迟的影响. 这项研究揭示了遗产发言者如何处理西班牙语性别线索的定量差异.
科学领域:
- 心理语言学 心理语言学
- 双语主义 是一种双语主义.
- 认知科学 认知科学
背景情况:
- 以前的研究表明,传统的西班牙语说者与单语者类似地处理性别.
- 然而,之前的研究使用了减缓语音,限制了对自然语言处理的理解.
- 性别标记在西班牙语处理中对遗产发言者的作用在自然条件下仍然未被探索.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究双语西班牙语说话者在自然主义演讲中处理语法性别.
- 为了比较传统西班牙语 (HSSs) 和成人西班牙语移民 (ASIs) 的性别处理.
- 检查决定词和单词末尾的元音对词汇准入的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用自然主义语音刺激与受控名词 (性别,透明度,交替,动态性).
- 在确定词和名词处理过程中记录了参与者的凝视固定,以回答具有确定的文章或占有词的问题.
- 通过使用三对象显示器,比较了17个成人HSS和21个成人ASI.
主要成果:
- 成年讲西班牙语的移民 (ASIs) 比传统讲西班牙语的移民 (HSSs) 更多地对特定文章的目标固定.
- 对于HSS来说,文章中性别标记的促进效应是在后来,在名词处理过程中出现的.
- 当名词-最后的元音是唯一的性别暗示时,HSS对具有交替或女性名词的目标的看法较少.
结论:
- 尽管存在重叠,但在HSS和ASI如何处理自然语言中的西班牙语性别方面存在定量差异.
- 遗产说话者表现出语法性别协议的延迟效应,并不同地依赖名词形态声学.
- 研究结果突出了双语西班牙语说者在自然条件下的微妙处理差异.
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