Are Implicit Causality Pronoun Resolution Biases Consistent Across Languages and Cultures?
Are Implicit Causality Pronoun Resolution Biases Consistent Across Languages and Cultures?
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DOI：
10.1027/1618-3169/a000187
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发表时间：
2013-01-01
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
Uruwashi, Miki
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作者：
Hartshorne, Joshua K.;Sudo, Yasutada;Uruwashi, Miki
非反身代词的所指对象取决于上下文，但这些上下文限制的性质是有争议的。例如，在因果从属子句中，代词的首选所指对象随主句中的动词而系统地变化（Sally frightens Marybecause she ... vs. Sallyloves Marybecause she ...）。一些理论声称，不同语言中具有相似含义的动词应该表现出类似的代词解析效果，但这些说法与最近的分析相反，最近的分析认为，许多语言和非语言认知容易受到跨文化差异的影响，而且事实上，文献中几乎没有数据可以以某种方式决定这个问题。对代表四个历史上不相关语系的八种语言的数据分析揭示了情感动词一致的代词解析偏差，这表明推导隐式因果关系代词解析偏差的信息在不同语言和文化中是稳定的。
The referent of a nonreflexive pronoun depends on context, but the nature of these contextual restrictions is controversial. For instance, in causal dependent clauses, the preferred referent of a pronoun varies systematically with the verb in the main clause (Sally frightens Mary because she ... vs. Sally loves Mary because she ...). Several theories claim that verbs with similar meanings across languages should show similar pronoun resolution effects, but these claims run contrary to recent analyses on which much of linguistic and nonlinguistic cognition is susceptible to cross-cultural variation, and in fact there is little data in the literature to decide the question one way or another. Analysis of data in eight languages representing four historically unrelated language families reveals consistent pronoun resolution biases for emotion verbs, suggesting that the information upon which implicit causality pronoun resolution biases are derived is stable across languages and cultures.