英语学生在跨通道词汇启动范式下的英语习惯用语认知加工  

The Cognitive Processing of English Idioms by English Learners in Cross-Modal Lexical Priming Paradigm

作　　者：卢植[1] 

机构地区：[1]广东外语外贸大学

出　　处：《中国外语》2016年第6期59-67,共9页Foreign Languages in China

基　　金：教育部哲学社会科学重大攻关项目"我国外语教育改革和发展研究"(15JZD048);国家社科基金课题"应用认知语言学视域下的英语教与学实证研究"(13BYY083);广东外语外贸大学高层次人才引进联合项目"认知翻译学的理论及模型建构"(GWTP-YJ-2015-07);广东省人文社科重点研究基地广东外语外贸大学翻译学研究中心"认知翻译学的学科理论基础及体系建构研究"(CTS201503)的阶段性成果

摘　　要：本研究运用跨通道词汇启动实验考察了68名中国英语学习者对英语习惯用语的加工过程,分析了习惯用语字面义程度对于激活习惯用语字面义和隐喻义作用。结果发现:英语习惯用语的字面义程度对中国英语学习者对英语习惯用语的加工没有显著影响,英语习惯用语的字面义和隐喻义中国英语学生的英语习惯用语加工中的启动效应无显著差异,中国英语学习者对英语习惯用语的加工受他们机械地记忆英语习惯用语而构建起来的表征方式和机制的影响。研究结论提示,我国的英语教学应该贯彻和强化基于使用频率的语言教学原则,加大英语学习者对英语的自然输入,促进英语习惯用语的输出,促进学习者积极建构对英语习惯用语意义的自动表征。The present study examined the influence of literality on the cognitive processing of English idioms by 68 Chinese senior students learning English with a cross-modal lexical priming experiment. The subjects were required to simultaneously listen to the neutral sentences containing either literal or non-literal idioms played by computer and take a lexical decision task to judge the literal sense related or metaphor related target words presented on the screen. The correct judgment and reaction time were recorded for each subject. The conclusions have been drawn as follows： （1） Literality has no significant influences on the cognitive processing of English idioms by the Chinese English learners; （2） There is no significant difference between the priming effects of literal meaning and that of metaphorical meaning of English idioms in the cognitive processing of idioms by the Chinese English learners; （3） The cognitive processing of English idioms by the Chinese English learners is affected by the representation patterns and mechanisms based on their rote memorization of English idioms. The implication of the study is that the usage- and frequency-based principle of language teaching shall be implemented and reinforced in English education context in China to facilitate the automatic representation of English idioms of Chinese English learners.

关 键 词：习惯用语 字面义 比喻义 启动效应 

分 类 号：H319[语言文字—英语]