The interplay between respectfulness and lexical-semantic in reading Chinese: evidence from ERPs
The interplay between respectfulness and lexical-semantic in reading Chinese: evidence from ERPs
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中文阅读中尊重与词汇语义之间的相互作用：来自 ERP 的证据。
DOI：
10.1007/s11571-021-09700-2
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发表时间：
2021-08-04
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Cai, Lin
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作者：
Ji, Liyan;Cai, Lin
语言理解需要对语言信息和非语言信息进行处理，如句法、语义和语用信息。以往的研究系统地考察了句法加工和语义加工之间的相互作用。然而，关于语用加工如何进行以及语用加工与语义加工之间的相互作用的研究却很少。本研究利用事件相关电位（ERPs）技术，对动词短语的语义连贯性和动词短语中宾语名词短语的尊重一致性进行了调控，得到了四种类型的批评句。受试阅读160个汉语批评句和220个填充句。在脑电图记录后，他们完成了自闭症商数沟通（AQ-Comm）子量表和句子可接受性评级任务。ERP结果表明，尊重侵犯引起了更大的N400反应和后期的消极活动，在务实的技能较低的亚组（指数较高的分数AQ-Comm分量表）。与此相反，尊重侵犯引起了P600的反应，在务实熟练的亚组（索引的AQ-Comm分量表上的分数较低）。双违反条件引起的ERP模式，是类似的语义违反条件在这两个小组，这表明尊重违反影响时，VP是语义连贯的。这些结果表明，语义违反可以阻止读者从事语用推理，无论参与者的语用技能。受试者的语用能力不同，其解决尊重违规的策略和相应的大脑活动也不同。
Language comprehension requires the processing of both linguistic and extra-linguistic information, such as syntax, semantics, and pragmatic information. Previous studies have systematically examined the interplay between syntactic and semantic processing. However, there is a lack of data on how pragmatic processing proceeds and its interaction with semantic processing. Using event-related potentials (ERPs), the present study manipulated the semantic coherence of a verb phrase (VP) and the respect consistency of the object noun phrase in the VP, resulting in four types of critical sentences. Participants read 160 critical Chinese sentences and 220 filler sentences. After electroencephalogram recordings, they completed the Autism Quotient Communication (AQ-Comm) subscale and a sentence acceptability rating task. The ERP results showed that respect violation elicited a larger N400 response and a late negative activity in the pragmatically less-skilled subgroup (as indexed by higher scores on the AQ-Comm subscale). In contrast, respect violation elicited a P600 response in the pragmatically skilled subgroup (as indexed by lower scores on the AQ-Comm subscale). The double violation condition elicited an ERP pattern that was similar to that of the semantic violation condition in both subgroups, suggesting that respect violation effects were present only when the VP was semantically coherent. These results suggest that semantic violation can preclude readers from engaging in pragmatic inferencing, regardless of the participants' pragmatic skills. Strategies for resolving respect violation and corresponding brain activities vary according to participants' pragmatic abilities.