Cumulative effects of syntactic experience in a between- and a within-language context: Evidence for implicit learning
Cumulative effects of syntactic experience in a between- and a within-language context: Evidence for implicit learning
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jml.2019.104054
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发表时间：
2019-12-01
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
Shin, Jeong-Ah
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作者：
Hwang, Heeju;Shin, Jeong-Ah
内隐学习模型表明，说话者会根据先前的句法经验来适应句法知识，并且这种适应对表面结构（词序）敏感（例如，Chang 等人，2006 年；Reitter 等人，2011 年）。为了确定内隐学习机制适用的句法处理范围及其对表面结构的敏感性，我们研究了汉语和英语语言间语境（实验1）和汉语语内语境（实验2）中不同结构的累积启动和逆频率效应。我们的结果表明，中国人不仅将累积的汉语经验融入到汉语的产生中，而且还融入英语的产生中，并且这种适应至少在语言间上下文中对表面词序不敏感。这些发现表明，内隐学习机制是一种通用的、非语言特定的处理机制，对表面句法结构不敏感。我们根据结构启动和双语句法处理理论讨论这些发现，并考虑需要一个适应我们发现的模型。
Implicit learning models suggest that speakers adapt syntactic knowledge in response to prior syntactic experience and such adaptation is sensitive to surface structures (word order) (e.g., Chang et al., 2006, Reitter et al., 2011). To determine the scope of syntactic processing to which an implicit learning mechanism is applicable and its sensitivity to surface structures, we investigated cumulative priming and inverse frequency effects across different constructions in a between- language context of Chinese and English (Experiment 1) and in a within- language context of Chinese (Experiment 2). Our results showed that Chinese speakers integrated cumulative experience in Chinese into production of not only Chinese but also of English and that such adaptation was not sensitive to surface word order at least in a between- language context. These findings suggest that an implicit learning mechanism is a universal, language-unspecific processing mechanism that is not sensitive to surface syntactic structures. We discuss these findings in terms of theories of structural priming and bilingual syntactic processing and consider the need for a model that accommodates our findings.