空间线索范式下二语动词加工的具身认知效应

The Effects of Embodied Cognition on L2 Verb Processing in the Spatial Cueing Paradigm

从具身认知及体验哲学的视角,以空间线索为范式,探讨动词具身相对性、空间表征、二语水平以及刺激间隔(SOA)对二语学习者英语动词加工的影响。实验1发现,短时SOA条件下空间线索对高具身动词加工产生显著干扰,具身相对性与空间一致性存在显著交互作用。实验2发现,长时SOA条件下,在高水平二语学习者中,高具身动词和低具身动词加工均呈显著促进效应,动词具身相对性、空间表征与空间一致性存在三因素交互作用。在中低水平二语学习者中,高具身动词加工也呈现显著促进效应,但低具身动词无效应。实验结果支持具身认知理论和具身效应的双向性,揭示出具身相对性在二语词汇加工中的重要性及二语具身认知的非对称性动态发展的特点。

On the basis of Embodied Cognition and Embodied Philosophy,the study adopted a spatial cueing paradigm to investigate the effects of embodiment on L2 learners’English verb processing in terms of relative embodiment,spatial representation,L2 proficiency and SOA.Using a short SOA,Experiment 1 showed that the spatial cues had a significant inference effect on high embodied verbs and there was an interaction effect between relative embodiment and spatial congruency.Using a long SOA,Experiment 2 found a significant facilitation effect on both high embodied and low embodied verbs,and a 3-factor interaction among advanced L2 learners;a facilitation effect was also observed on high embodied verbs among intermediate-low L2 learners,but no effect on low embodied verbs.The study gave empirical supports to Embodied Cognition Theory and the two-way nature of embodiment effect,revealed the importance of relative embodiment in L2 lexical processing,and the dynamic and asymmetric development of L2 embodied cognition.