语言理解中记忆机制的研究进展

A Review of Studies on the Mechanism of Memory in Language Comprehension

相关的行为学实验,以及近年来较多采用的神经电生理学事件相关电位技术实验证明,记忆机制在语言理解中起着非常重要的作用。一方面,工作记忆为语言理解提供了可操作的平台,工作记忆容量的有限性也是语言理解策略形成的动因;另一方面,长时记忆则为语言理解提供了必要的信息后备支持。本文在论证语言理解与记忆机制关系的基础上,就语言理解中记忆机制的作用、性质、理论争议及相关实验证据等进行了总结和分析,并展望了进一步研究的方向。

The relative evidences from behavioral studies and electrophysiological studies have proved that the memory mechanism plays an important role in language comprehension.On one hand,working memory provides the operable platform for language comprehension,and the limited storage is the cause of comprehension strategies.On the other hand,long-term memory offers necessary backup-support for language comprehension.Based on the discussion upon the relationship between language comprehension and the memory mechanism,the paper retrospectively analyzes the effect mechanism of memory and the nature of the working memory system,summarizes the relative theories and the experimental evidences.In the end,the directions for future researches are put forward.