参考语境在EFL学习者相对条款模糊性解决中的作用:工作记忆容量的调制效应
Danning Sun1,2, Zihan Chen3, Shanhua Zhu4
1School of Foreign Languages, Southeast University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
Journal of psycholinguistic research
|February 26, 2025
概括
熟练的中文学习英语外语 (EFL) 的人最初使用高依恋解析. 参考语境有助于处理,工作记忆能力 (WMC) 影响第二语言学习中的模两可解决策略.
科学领域:
- 心理语言学 心理语言学
- 获得第二语言的学习.
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
背景情况:
- 在第二语言 (L2) 处理中,模糊性解决是复杂的.
- 对于L2学习者来说,理解参考上下文和工作记忆能力 (WMC) 的作用至关重要.
- 熟练的中国人学习英语外语 (EFL) 提供了一个有价值的案例研究.
研究的目的:
- 为了检查参考语境对L2相对条款模糊性解决方案的影响.
- 研究工作记忆容量 (WMC) 对这一过程的影响.
- 确定中国EFL学习者使用的解析策略.
主要方法:
- 一个自我节奏的阅读研究,有两个阶段.
- 基线阶段:在没有背景的情况下评估最初的依恋偏好.
- 实验阶段:使用中性和NP偏差的参考语境.
- 测量反应时间和理解准确度.
主要成果:
- 学习者最初使用了一个高度依恋的分析策略,没有上下文.
- 参考语境改善了句子处理和理解 (减少了反应时间).
- 工作内存容量模块化模糊性分辨率,更高的WMC帮助上下文依赖处理.
结论:
- 参考语境对熟练的中国EFL学习者来说显著影响L2模两可的解决方案.
- 工作记忆容量在调节解析策略方面发挥着关键作用.
- 这些发现有助于理解L2浅层处理和L2模两可解决中的认知约束.
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