中国时间名词和副词的定位:来自语料库,可接受性和处理研究的证据
Jia Yi Chen1, Ying Su1, Katsuo Tamaoka1,2
1School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China.
PloS one
|July 30, 2025
概括
中国普通话说话者更喜欢特定的句子位置的时间名词和时间副词. 这些时间表达式的非正规位置增加了处理难度,影响了语言理解.
科学领域:
- 语言学的语言学.
- 心理语言学 心理语言学
- 认知科学 认知科学
背景情况:
- 中国普通话缺乏明显的时态形态,使得时间表达的语法至关重要.
- 在无时态语言中理解时间引用需要检查语法配置和认知处理.
- 调查时间名词和时间副词揭示了对中国语法和人类句子处理的洞察力.
研究的目的:
- 在普通话中分析时间名词和时间副词的语法配置.
- 评估母语使用者对不同句子位置上的时间表达式的可接受性判断.
- 检查这些时间结构的认知处理和实时理解.
主要方法:
- 对BLCU中文库的语料库分析,以确定分布模式.
- 母语使用者对不同时间表达位置的句子的可接受性判断.
- 心理语言学实验测量在句子理解过程中反应时间和准确性.
主要成果:
- 时间名词在主体前或后具有灵活的位置,而时间副词主要出现在主体后.
- 主题后的时间名词更可接受;主题前的位置主要是为了话题化.
- 时间副词强烈喜欢后主题位置;非正规的位置导致处理成本增加.
结论:
- 人类的句子处理器对时间表达的结构偏好敏感.
- 时间表达式的正规词顺序有助于更快,更准确的处理.
- 结果提供了一个全面的时间表达位置和处理在普通话中文的帐户.
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