有证据表明,非层次结构在语言中具有代表性
Yngwie A Nielsen1,2,3, Morten H Christiansen4,5,6
1School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. yan@cc.au.dk.
Nature human behaviour
|January 21, 2026
概括
语言可以用线性序列来表示,而不仅仅是等级语法. 实验表明,这些基本结构的初始化挑战了传统的语言理论.
科学领域:
- 心理语言学 心理语言学
- 计算语言学 计算语言学
- 认知科学 认知科学
背景情况:
- 在语言科学中占主导地位的观点认为,心理语言表征依赖于层次化的语法组成部分.
- 这种基于成分的观点长期以来一直是语言理论和语言认知模型的基本假设.
研究的目的:
- 研究一种基于部分语音的线性序列的替代语言表达.
- 测试这些线性结构是否可以独立于等级组成部分进行初始化.
- 使用集体数据检查这些发现的外部有效性.
主要方法:
- 对497名参与者进行了四次预先注册的短语决策实验,以测试线性结构的初始化.
- 对眼睛追踪读数数据 (N=68) 和对话数据 (N=358) 进行了两次集体分析,以评估外部有效性.
主要成果:
- 证明了英语中线性,基于序列的语言结构的成功初始化,即使没有构成初始化.
- 语料库分析证实了这些基于非组成的多词语言结构的流行和外部有效性.
结论:
- 有证据支持基本的,线性多词语言结构的存在,这些结构不能归结为传统的组成部分.
- 这些发现挑战了对语言表现的既定生成和构造主义解释,表明需要修订模型.
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