The Role of Animacy in Online Argument Interpretation in Mandarin Chinese
The Role of Animacy in Online Argument Interpretation in Mandarin Chinese
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动画在普通话在线论证解释中的作用
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发表时间：
2012
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通讯作者：
Ina Bornkessel
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作者：
Luming Wang;Matthias Schlesewsky;Markus Philipp;Ina Bornkessel
本研究采用事件相关脑电位（ERPs）技术，对汉语动词词尾结构的在线论元解释受到两个因素的调节：对Undergoer-before-Actor顺序的偏好和对Animal Actor论元的偏好。受试者在最小语境中听NP（有生命）-NP（无生命）-动词或NP（无生命）-NP（有生命）-动词顺序的句子。句末动词对行为者首序或受动者首序的歧义进行了消除。450和700毫秒后动词开始，我们观察到前否定违反两个偏好的句子（无生命的演员初始结构）与满足两个偏好的句子（无生命的Undergoer初始）。剩下的两个结构（animate-Actor-initial和animate-Undergoer-initial）彼此没有区别，但与首选顺序（inanimate-Undergoer-initial）相比产生了负面影响。这些结果表明，对Undergoer初始结构的偏好只适用于在线时，它是由生命力的支持。相反，当两个偏好冲突时，处理系统的偏好在试验中可能不稳定。因此，我们的研究结果表明，生命信息在汉语NP-NP-动词结构的论元解释中发挥着至关重要的作用。
The present event-related brain potential (ERPs) study demonstrates that online argument interpretation in verb-final structures in Mandarin Chinese is modulated by two factors: a preference for Undergoer-before-Actor orders and a preference for animate Actor arguments. Participants listened to sentences with NP(animate)-NP(inanimate)-verb or NP(inanimate)-NP(animate)-verb orders embedded in minimal contexts. Sentences were disambiguated towards either an Actor-initial or an Undergoer-initial order by the clause-final verb. Between 450 and 700 ms post verb onset, we observed an anterior negativity for sentences violating both preferences (inanimate-Actor-initial structures) vs. sentences fulfilling both preferences (inanimate-Undergoer-initial). The two remaining structures (animate-Actor-initial and animate-Undergoer-initial) did not differ from one another but engendered a negativity in comparison to the preferred order (inanimate-Undergoer-initial). These results suggest that a preference for Undergoer-initial structures is only applied online when it is supported by animacy. When the two preferences are in conflict, by contrast, the processing system’s preference may not be stable across trials. Our findings thus show that animacy information plays a crucial role in argument interpretation in NP-NP-verb structures in Chinese.
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作者：
Jill Weckerly;M. Kutas
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Jill Weckerly;M. Kutas
DOI：
10.1016/s0926-6410(03)00086-7
发表时间：
2003-06-01
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COGNITIVE BRAIN RESEARCH
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作者：
Kuperberg, GR;Sitnikova, T;Holcomb, PJ
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Holcomb, PJ