中国英语学习者的名词性合成词表征及通达机制探究  

Exploring Chinese EFL learners' representation and accessing of English nominal compounds

作　　者：赵晨[1] 

机构地区：[1]广东外语外贸大学

出　　处：《现代外语》2014年第6期815-825,873-874,共11页Modern Foreign Languages

基　　金：笔者主持的国家社科基金一般项目"从二语歧义加工角度看中国英语学习者英语能力的发展"(11BYY036);教育部人文社科重点研究基地重大项目"中英双语者事件结构表征及加工机制研究"(14JJD740015)的阶段性成果

摘　　要：本文通过两个实验探讨了中国英语学习者的名词性合成词表征与通达机制。实验1发现被试对合成词的判断显著快于非合成词,合成词第一个词素的频率不影响被试判断,但第二个词素的频率则不然,并且高、低水平被试表现出相同的模式;实验2发现高词汇性合成词的判断速度显著快于低词汇性合成词。这说明高低水平学习者的合成词表征与通达都是一个既分解、又重新合成的过程,这个过程以中心词为核心,并且母语翻译对等词也被激活。本研究支持基于用法的理论。Two experiments using lexical decision tasks were conducted to explore Chinese EFL learners' representation and accessing of English nominal compounds. Experiment 1 found that participants' responses to compounds were significantly faster than those to non-compounds; the frequency of the second, but not the first, constituents of nominal compounds affected participants ' responses to compounds; and the highand low-proficiency learners processed the compounds in the same way. Experiment 2 found that compounds with high lexicality were processed faster than those with low lexicality. The results show that both decomposition and composition processes were adopted by Chinese EFL learners in accessing English compounds. The findings also provide evidence for cross-language activation in Chinese EFL learners 'processing of English compounds. Our work lends support to usage-based theories.

关 键 词：合成词 频率 词汇性 表征与通达 

分 类 号：H319[语言文字—英语]