The role of constituent order and level of embedding in cross-linguistic structural priming
The role of constituent order and level of embedding in cross-linguistic structural priming
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DOI：
10.1017/s1366728916000717
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发表时间：
2017-03-01
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3.6
通讯作者：
Allen, Shanley E. M.
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作者：
Jacob, Gunnar;Katsika, Kalliopi;Allen, Shanley E. M.
在对母语为二语英语的德国人进行的两项跨语言启动实验中，我们研究了构成顺序和嵌入水平在跨语言结构启动中的作用。在这两个实验中，只有当素数和目标在构成顺序方面相似并且也位于相同的嵌入水平时，才会出现显着的启动效应。我们根据当前跨语言启动的两种理论解释讨论了我们的结果，并得出结论：基于组合节点的解释和假设构成顺序直接影响启动效应的解释都不能完全解释我们的数据模式。我们建议通过分层树表示来解释跨语言启动的解释。该表示是在素数处理期间计算的，并且仅当其中指定的结构特征在目标句子中语法正确时才能影响目标句子的表述。
In two cross-linguistic priming experiments with native German speakers of L2 English, we investigated the role of constituent order and level of embedding in cross-linguistic structural priming. In both experiments, significant priming effects emerged only if prime and target were similar with regard to constituent order and also situated on the same level of embedding. We discuss our results on the basis of two current theoretical accounts of cross-linguistic priming, and conclude that neither an account based on combinatorial nodes nor an account assuming that constituent order is directly responsible for the priming effect can fully explain our data pattern. We suggest an account that explains cross-linguistic priming through a hierarchical tree representation. This representation is computed during processing of the prime, and can influence the formulation of a target sentence only when the structural features specified in it are grammatically correct in the target sentence.