Negation processing in Chinese-English bilinguals: insights from the Stroop paradigm and an orientation task
Negation processing in Chinese-English bilinguals: insights from the Stroop paradigm and an orientation task
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汉英双语者的否定处理：斯特鲁普范式和定向任务的见解
DOI：
10.1080/13670050.2022.2074274
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发表时间：
2022
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2.8
通讯作者：
Zhang H
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Zhang H
先前的实验工作表明，否定处理可以直接在双极性的情况下，积极/消极的事态可以表示可用的词汇对立（记住/忘记）在单语扬声器。然而，在单极环境中，这样的对立面是不可用的（唱/不唱），处理首先通过积极的，然后才是消极的事态。我们用双语者来验证这一说法，以回答两个问题。当双语者在他们的母语和二语中处理否定时，在双极/单极语境中，（a）处理路径和（B）被否定语句的概念表征在多大程度上存在差异？采用负性Stroop任务（Expt. 1），其中他们被指示验证肯定/否定的英语/中文颜色表达是否匹配它们被打印的颜色，无论是在双极性（黑色/白色）还是单极环境（绿色/非绿色）中。我们还放大了否定的概念表征，并在定向任务（实验）中测试了另外40名中英双语者。2）。参与者将两极（左/右）或单极背景（东/非东）中有关星星位置的正面/负面描述与图片进行比较。结果表明，语言可以驱动双语者处理否定时的变化，在两极和单极的情况下的变化。
Previous experimental work shows that negation processing can be direct in bipolar contexts where positive/negative states of affairs can be expressed by available lexical opposites (remember/forget) in monolingual speakers. However, in a unipolar context where such opposites are not available (sing/not sing), the processing first proceeds through the positive and only then the negative state of affairs. We test this claim with bilinguals to answer two questions. To what extent do (a) the processing routes and (b) the conceptual representations of the negated statement differ in bipolar/unipolar contexts when bilinguals process negation in their L1 and L2? 40 Chinese–English bilinguals were tested in a Negative Stroop Task (Expt. 1), in which they were instructed to verify whether the positive/negative English/Chinese colour expressions matched the colour they were printed in, either in bipolar (black/white) or unipolar contexts (green/not green). We also zoomed in on the conceptual representations of negation and tested another 40 Chinese–English bilinguals in an Orientation Task (Expt. 2). Participants compared positive/negative descriptions against pictures regarding the location of a star in either bipolar (left/right) or unipolar contexts (East/not East). The results suggest that language can drive changes when bilinguals process negation, with variations in the bipolar and unipolar contexts.