双语词汇对齐的自动和战略组成部分
Iva Ivanova1, Dacia Carolina Hernandez1, Aziz Atiya1
1University of Texas at El Paso, USA.
Cognition
|January 4, 2025
概括
较低水平的双语者将他们的词汇选择与对话伙伴战略性地协调,特别是当词汇熟悉时. 这种战略调整在不那么熟练的说话者中更加明显,即使在双语社区内也是如此.
科学领域:
- 心理语言学 心理语言学
- 双语研究研究 双语研究
- 社会语言学 社会语言学
背景情况:
- 第二语言 (L2) 讲者经常战略性地重复使用对话者的单词.
- 双语社区为语言的使用和调整提供了独特的背景.
- 熟练程度可能会影响词汇与引用对齐的程度和性质.
研究的目的:
- 来自双语社区的低水平双语者研究词汇-参考对齐.
- 为了确定对齐是否在较低熟练度的扬声器中比较高熟练度的扬声器更明显.
- 要区分战略和自动对齐组件.
主要方法:
- 两项实验涉及西班牙语-英语双语人士用西班牙语命名和匹配图片.
- 南方联盟使用广泛但可以接受的名称批评图片.
- 实验2操纵了任务,以减少战略调整的激励措施.
主要成果:
- 双语者表现出对齐效应,在听到它们后更多地使用不受欢迎的名称.
- 在实验1中,较低水平的演讲者表现出比较高水平的演讲者更大的对齐性.
- 在实验2中,对齐率降低,较低水平的演讲者减少得更为显著.
结论:
- 在低水平双语者中,甚至在双语社区中,战略的词汇-参考对齐更有可能发生.
- 该研究成功地分离了可测量的战略和自动对齐组件.
- 熟练掌握对方语言在战略性使用中起着关键作用.
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