语法复杂性的现象更好地解释没有空的元素调解长距离的依赖关系
Yanis da Cunha1, Edward Gibson2
1Department of Romance Studies, University of Graz.
Cognitive science
|August 17, 2025
概括
与非转换理论不同的是,具有转换的语法理论预测了前置前置短语的高处理成本. 实验表明,处理成本与非转换性预测保持一致,支持更简单的句子结构模型.
科学领域:
- 语言学的语言学.
- 心理语言学 心理语言学
- 计算语言学 计算语言学
背景情况:
- 研究与语法结构相关的处理成本对于理解人类语言理解至关重要.
- 之前的研究表明,在某些英语句子结构中,前置语句 (PPs) 的处理成本最小.
- 解开变换与非变换语法理论之间的预测需要精心设计的实验材料.
研究的目的:
- 实证测试转化和非转化语法理论关于处理成本的预测.
- 为了确定前面带有PP的句子中的远距离依赖是否会带来大量的处理成本.
- 根据实验数据提供支持或反驳特定语言理论的证据.
主要方法:
- 使用英语句子材料进行了两次可接受性判断实验.
- 材料的设计是为了从转化和非转化语法理论中引起差异预测.
- 收集了可接受性评级,以评估与特定语法构造相关的处理难度.
主要成果:
- 实验结果始终支持非变换语法理论的预测.
- 与转换预测相反,在将前面的PP与他们的动词相连接时没有发现任何显著的处理成本.
- 这些发现表明,在语言处理中,更简单,更直接的关联更受青.
结论:
- 非转换式语法理论更好地解释了关于PP处理的经验数据.
- 这些结果挑战了假定广泛的转换和长距离依赖与高处理成本的理论.
- 目前的证据有利于语言模型,这些模型不依赖于复杂的短语转换.
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