ISSN 1671-3710
CN 11-4766/R
主办:中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

心理科学进展 ›› 2013, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (8): 1371-1381.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1042.2013.01371

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生命性信息在语言加工中的作用

贾广珍;刘友谊;舒华;方小萍   

  1. (1济南大学教育与心理科学学院, 济南 250022) (2北京师范大学认知神经科学与学习国家重点实验室, 北京 100875)
  • 收稿日期:2012-10-09 出版日期:2013-08-15 发布日期:2013-08-15
  • 通讯作者: 刘友谊
  • 基金资助:

    国家自然科学基金(30900392)和济南大学博士基金(XBS1235)资助。

The Role of Noun Animacy in Language Processing

JIA Guangzhen;LIU Youyi;SHU Hua;Fang Xiaoping   

  1. (1 School of Education and Psychology, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China) (2 National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China)
  • Received:2012-10-09 Online:2013-08-15 Published:2013-08-15
  • Contact: LIU Youyi

摘要: 生命性的范畴化从多个方面影响了语言的加工。名词的生命性信息不仅影响了句法形态标记和句法位置等句法线索的使用, 而且在题元角色的分配中发挥一定的作用。较早的研究主要采用反应时和眼动技术, 发现生命性信息促进了歧义句和句法复杂句的加工。近年来, 随着认知神经科学技术的发展, 研究者进一步探讨了生命性信息在题元角色分配中的神经机制。对于生命性作用机制的深入研究, 促使新的语言加工模型的出现, 这些模型对语言加工中句法和语义的关系, 进行了越来越详尽的阐释。未来该领域的研究应重点关注生命性的即时性加工、题元角色分配中生命性信息与句法信息的交互作用以及汉语和其他语言的跨语言比较研究等, 以进一步揭示语言加工的认知机制。

关键词: 生命性, 题元角色, 句法, 语义, P600

Abstract: Animacy of nouns has been found significantly impacting the organization and processing of language in many ways. In particular, it imposes restrictions on the syntactic morphology and syntactic position, and the assignment of the thematic roles heavily relies on animacy. By recording reaction times and eye tracking, previous studies revealed that animacy of nouns facilitated comprehension of ambiguous sentences and complex sentences. With the development of cognitive neuroscience techniques, the neural mechanism of how animacy influences the assignment of thematic roles has been further explored during recent years. Some new theoretical models have been proposed to explain the relationship of syntax and semantics during sentence processing in a more comprehensive way. Based on existing studies and theories, we propose that future research should particularly focus on the immediate impact of animacy during online language processing, the interaction of animacy and syntactic information during the assignment of thematic roles, and the cross-language difference of these effects.

Key words: animacy, thematic roles, syntax, semantics, P600