Focus in Relative Clause Construal
Focus in Relative Clause Construal
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关注关系从句解释
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1996
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通讯作者：
L. Frazier
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作者：
A. Schafer;Juli Carter;C. Clifton;L. Frazier
两项听觉理解研究调查了在复杂 NP 前面的关系从句（例如飞机的螺旋桨……）的理解中，通过音调重音传达的焦点的作用。在第一个实验中，重音 N1（螺旋桨）或 N2（飞机）增加了重音 NP 被视为关系从句中心语的可能性。这支持了应用于相关子句的焦点吸引假说的预测。第二个实验操纵关系从句的韵律状态（重音或非重音）以及关系从句潜在中心词的重音类型。它表明，对关系子句的潜在中心词的关注会吸引被认为传达新信息的重音关系子句和被认为传达给定信息的非重音关系子句。这支持了焦点吸引力假说的直接版本，而不是一致性假说，后者声称只有标记为优先传达新信息的修饰语才与标记为新的其他短语相关。该实验还表明，对关系从句的潜在中心词进行对比重音比适合新信息的焦点重音更能吸引关系从句。
Two auditory comprehension studies investigated the role of focus, as conveyed by a pitch accent, in the comprehension of relative clauses preceded by a complex NP (e.g. the propeller of the plane that . . .). In the e rst experiment, accenting N1 (propeller) or N2 (plane) increased the probability that the accented NP would be taken as head of the relative clause. This supported the predictions of a Focus Attraction Hypothesis as applied to relative clauses. The second experiment manipulated the prosodic status of the relative clause (accented or unaccented) as well as the type of accent on a potential head of the relative clause. It demonstrated that focus on a potential head of a relative clause attracts both accented relative clauses, presumed to convey new information, and unaccented relative clauses, presumed to convey given information. This supported a straightforwa rd version of the Focus Attractio n Hypothesis as opposed to a Congruence Hypothesis, which claims that only modie ers marked as conveying new information preferentially are related to other phrases that are marked as new. The experiment also demonstrated that a contrastive accent on a potential head of a relative clause attracts relative clauses even more than a focal accent that is appropriate for new information.