On the use of verb-based implicit causality in sentence comprehension: Evidence from self-paced reading and eye tracking
On the use of verb-based implicit causality in sentence comprehension: Evidence from self-paced reading and eye tracking
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jml.2005.12.003
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发表时间：
2006-05-01
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
Van Berkum, JJA
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作者：
Koornneef, AW;Van Berkum, JJA
在两个实验中，我们检验了最近的说法（Stewart, Pickering, & Sanford, 2000），即基于动词的隐含因果关系信息仅在句子-最终小句整合中使用。我们通过寻找与前面隐含因果关系动词的偏见不一致的代词（例如，“大卫称赞琳达因为他……”）引起的句子中间阅读延迟来做到这一点。在一个自定节奏的阅读任务中，这样的代词会立即减慢阅读速度，看紧接在代词后面的两个单词。在眼动追踪中，偏差不一致的代词也会立即扰乱阅读过程，这可以通过在关键代词处和之后不久的各种第一次通过测量的显著延迟来证明。因此，读者可以迅速地吸收基于动词的隐含因果关系信息来为理解服务，从而影响到从句中代词的早期解释。我们的研究结果表明，隐性因果关系被主动使用，让读者关注，甚至可能预测，谁或什么将被谈论。(c) 2005爱思唯尔公司版权所有。
In two experiments, we examined the recent claim (Stewart, Pickering, & Sanford, 2000) that verb-based implicit causality information is used during sentence-final clausal integration only. We did so by looking for mid-sentence reading delays caused by pronouns that are inconsistent with the bias of a preceding implicit causality verb (e.g., "David praised Linda because he..."). In a self-paced reading task, such pronouns immediately slowed down reading, at the two words immediately following the pronoun. In eye tracking, bias-inconsistent pronouns also immediately perturbed the reading process, as indexed by significant delays in various first pass measures at and shortly after the critical pronoun. Hence, readers can recruit verb-based implicit causality information in the service of comprehension rapidly enough to impact on the interpretation of a pronoun early in the subordinate clause. We take our results to suggest that implicit causality is used proactively, allowing readers to focus on, and perhaps even predict, who or what will be talked about next. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.