Processing gap-filler dependencies in Chinese: What does it tell us about semantic processing?
Processing gap-filler dependencies in Chinese: What does it tell us about semantic processing?
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中文处理间隙填充依赖：它告诉我们有关语义处理的什么信息？
DOI：
10.1016/j.jml.2014.04.002
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发表时间：
2014
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
Wicha,NicoleYY
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作者：
Ng,Shukhan;Wicha,NicoleYY
本研究通过对汉语普通话的填空加工，探讨是否为了满足语义要求而进行再分析，甚至不惜以牺牲结构经济为代价。兴趣的结构是动词+名词1 +名词2 +名词2，其中包含主语间隙，并且在左分支（关系从句）和右分支（主句或主语从句）分析之间可能存在歧义。在RC分析中，N2是空隙的填充物。在右分支分析中，间隙可以与N2后面的主句中的名词共同指代，也可以根据上下文进行解释。句子补全结果表明，右分支分析最初更受欢迎，但RC分析在结构结束时显著增加。自定速阅读结果表明，在“V + N1 + de + N2”后的句子片段中进行消歧和右分支分析可以延长阅读时间。这些发现表明，中文解析器将从结构更简单的（右分支分析）转向更复杂的分析（RC），为已识别的空白提供填充物，从而为论证提供语义内容。总的来说，如果能产生更有意义的输出，人类句子处理器允许重新分析。
This study investigates, through gap-filler processing in Mandarin Chinese, whether reanalysis is undertaken to fulfill semantic requirements, even at the expense of structural economy. The construction of interest is Verb + Noun1 + de + Noun2, which contains a subject gap and can be ambiguous between a left-branching (relative clause (RC)) and a right-branching (main clause or subject clause) analysis. In the RC analysis, N2 is the filler for the gap. In the right-branching analysis, the gap may co-refer with a noun in the main clause that follows N2 or is interpreted contextually. Sentence completion results showed that the right-branching analysis was initially preferred but the RC analysis increased substantially at the end of the construction. Self-paced reading results indicated that disambiguation in favor of the right-branching analysis in the sentence segment following V + N1 + de + N2 produced a longer reading time. These findings suggest that the Chinese parser will trade a structurally simpler (right-branching analysis) for a more complex analysis (RC) to provide a filler for an identified gap and therefore the semantic content for an argument. The overall implication is a human sentence processor allows for reanalysis if it can produce a more meaningful output.