Definite descriptions and the alleged east–west variation in judgments about reference
Definite descriptions and the alleged east–west variation in judgments about reference
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明确的描述和所谓的东西方对参考判断的差异
DOI：
10.1007/s11098-017-0902-9
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发表时间：
2018
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
S. Oda
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作者：
Yu Izumi;Masashi Kasaki;Yan Zhou;S. Oda
Machery et al.（2004）提供的数据表明，在对专有名称的引用进行判断时存在跨文化差异。在本文中，我们检查了以前被忽视的混淆在随后的研究中，试图复制Machery等人的结果。（2004）使用东亚语言。Machery et al.（2010，2015）和Sytsma et al.（2015）声称他们分别用中文和日文编写的探针成功复制了原始发现。然而，这些研究主要依赖于汉语和日语中的无冠词、“裸名词短语”的使用，根据语言学文献，这些短语被认为是多重歧义的。我们认为，它成为值得怀疑的是，是否现存的研究，使用东亚语言揭示真正的跨文化差异时，探针重新评估的基础上，适当的语言理解的中国和日本裸名词短语和英语的明确描述。我们还提出了两个实验的母语日本人控制使用的模糊裸名词短语，其结果表明，日本人的判断有关的参考专有名称可能不会偏离那些英语发言者。
Machery et al. (2004) presented data suggesting the existence of cross-cultural variation in judgments about the reference of proper names. In this paper, we examine a previously overlooked confound in the subsequent studies that attempt to replicate the results of Machery et al. (2004) using East Asian languages. Machery et al. (2010, 2015) and Sytsma et al. (2015) claim that they have successfully replicated the original finding with probes written in Chinese and Japanese, respectively. These studies, however, crucially rely on uses of articleless, ‘bare noun phrases’ in Chinese and Japanese, which according to the linguistic literature are known to be multiply ambiguous. We argue that it becomes questionable whether the extant studies using East Asian languages revealed genuine cross-cultural variation when the probes are reevaluated based on a proper linguistic understanding of Chinese and Japanese bare noun phrases and English definite descriptions. We also present two experiments on native Japanese speakers that controlled the use of ambiguous bare noun phrases, the results of which suggest that the judgments of Japanese speakers concerning the reference of proper names may not diverge from those of English speakers.
功能结构、形式和解释:东亚语言的视角
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发表时间：
2003
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影响因子：
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作者：
Li;Yen-Hui
通讯作者：
Yen-Hui