Studies on Garden Path Phenomenon in English  

作　　者：Rui Luo 

机构地区：[1]Rui Luo, School of ForeignUniversity, Zhoukou, Henan466001Languages, Zhoukou NormalProvince, China, post code:

出　　处：《Sociology Study》2017年第7期371-375,共5页

摘　　要：Garden path phenomenon is a term that originated from psycholinguistic field. As a special temporary or local ambiguity in language processing, it has been widely explored and studied from aspects of semantics, syntax, pragmatics as well as psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics over the years, since it was first put forward by Bever in the 1970s. The research of garden path phenomenon is of considerable significance both theoretically and practically. This paper is designed to explore the garden path phenomenon in English through literature and examples. Some basic concepts and main triggering factors of garden path phenomenon are analyzed. This paper explores the triggering factors of garden path phenomenon from the aspects of syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. The major finding is that garden path phenomenon can help learners understand the operation of human language processing mechanism and improve their abilities to deal with garden path sentences, which is of great benefits to learn and understand English language.

关 键 词：Garden path phenomenon AMBIGUITY triggering factors 

分 类 号：TP278[自动化与计算机技术—检测技术与自动化装置] P444[自动化与计算机技术—控制科学与工程]