How does verb aspect constrain event representations?
How does verb aspect constrain event representations?
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DOI：
10.3758/bf03196106
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发表时间：
2003-07-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Zwaan, RA
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作者：
Madden, CJ;Zwaan, RA
我们研究了完美和不完美方面线索对情境模型的相对贡献。在实验1中，当参与者阅读完整句子时，他们更倾向于选择显示已完成事件的图片，而不是显示正在进行的事件的图片，但在阅读不完整句子后，他们选择了任何一张图片。在实验2中，仅呈现一张图片，被试在阅读完整句子时对已完成图片的反应速度快于对正在进行的图片的反应速度，但在阅读不完整句子后没有表现出延迟差异。在实验3中，参与者在看完完整的图片后阅读完整句子的速度比看完中间图片后阅读完整句子的速度快，但在阅读不完整句子的速度上没有差异。结果的一致模式表明，当使用完成体描述一个事件时，读者构建了已完成事件的心理表征。对不完整的句子和图片缺乏影响表明，每个读者在不同的完成阶段代表了一个正在进行的事件。
We investigated the relative contribution of perfective and imperfective aspectual cues on situation models. In Experiment 1, participants were more likely to choose pictures showing completed events than pictures showing ongoing events when they had read perfective sentences, but chose either picture after reading imperfective sentences. In Experiment 2, only one picture was presented and participants were faster to respond to completed pictures than to ongoing pictures when they had read perfective sentences, but showed no latency differences after reading the imperfective sentences. In Experiment 3, participants were faster to read perfective sentences after having seen completed pictures rather than intermediate pictures, but there was no difference for imperfective sentences. The consistent pattern of results demonstrates that readers construct mental representations of completed events when the perfective aspect is used to describe an event. The lack of effect on imperfective sentences and pictures suggests that each reader represents an in-progress event at varying stages of completion.