On the Time Course of Accessing Meaning in a Second Language: An Electrophysiological and Behavioral Investigation of Translation Recognition
On the Time Course of Accessing Meaning in a Second Language: An Electrophysiological and Behavioral Investigation of Translation Recognition
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论获取第二语言意义的时间过程：翻译识别的电生理学和行为学研究
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10.1037/a0028076
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发表时间：
2012-09-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Kroll, Judith F.
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作者：
Guo, Taomei;Misra, Maya;Kroll, Judith F.
在两个实验中，相对熟练的汉英双语者判断中文单词是否是英语单词的正确翻译。批判性试验是将不正确的翻译在词汇形式或含义上与正确的翻译联系起来的试验。在实验 1 中，两种干扰类型都显示出行为干扰，但事件相关电位 (ERP) 显示这两种情况的时间进程不同。语义干扰因素主要对 N400 和晚期阳性成分 (LPC) 产生影响，与不相关的对照相比，后头皮上的 N400 和 LPC 较小，但前头皮上的 LPC 较大。相比之下，与不相关的对照相比，翻译形式的干扰项引发了更大的 P200 和更大的 LPC。为了确定翻译形式效果是否是由单词之间相对较长的 750 毫秒刺激起始异步 (SOA) 实现的，使用较短的 300 毫秒 SOA 进行了第二次 ERP 实验。行为结果揭示了两种类型干扰因素的干扰，但 ERP 再次揭示了两种效应的不同位点。总而言之，数据表明，熟练的双语者在了解第二语言单词的含义后，会激活第二语言单词的第一语言翻译。讨论了当双语者用一种或两种语言阅读时，这种模式对于有关跨语言激活本质的主张的影响。
In 2 experiments, relatively proficient Chinese-English bilinguals decided whether Chinese words were the correct translations of English words. Critical trials were those on which incorrect translations were related in lexical form or meaning to the correct translation. In Experiment 1, behavioral interference was revealed for both distractor types, but event-related potentials (ERPs) revealed a different time course for the 2 conditions. Semantic distractors elicited effects primarily on the N400 and late positive component (LPC), with a smaller N400 and a smaller LPC over the posterior scalp but a larger LPC over the anterior scalp relative to unrelated controls. In contrast, translation form distractors elicited a larger P200 and a larger LPC than did unrelated controls. To determine whether the translation form effects were enabled by the relatively long, 750-ms stimulus onset asynchrony (SOA) between words, a 2nd ERP experiment was conducted using a shorter, 300-ms, SOA. The behavioral results revealed interference for both types of distractors, but the ERPs again revealed different loci for the 2 effects. Taken together, the data suggest that proficient bilinguals activate 1st-language translations of words in the 2nd language after they have accessed the meaning of those words. The implications of this pattern for claims about the nature of cross-language activation when bilinguals read in 1 or both languages are discussed.