Word Class Influence upon L1 and L2 English Word Association

本族语者和二语学习者心理词汇联系模式的词性效应对比研究（英文）

This study explores word class influence upon L1 and L2 word association. The participants included 26 L1 English speakers and 28 advanced EFL learners who finished an English word association test that involved three types of stimuli： nouns, verbs and adjectives. Response words to the stimuli were classified into paradigmatic, syntagmatic, encyclopedic and form- based categories. Results show that： 1） L2 mental lexicon largely resembled that of L1 English speakers in that both were dominated by paradigmatic association, but L2 syntagmatic association was obviously weaker than that of L1 across the three word classes; 2） Verbs and adjectives demonstrated a greater potential to elicit syntagmatic responses than nouns in both L1 and L2 association; 3） Compared with verbs and adjectives, nouns were more paradigmatically challenging to L2 learners.

本研究探讨了词性因素对本族语和二语心理词汇联系模式的影响。研究的被试包括26名英语本族语者和28名中国英语学习者,他们独立完成了一份英语词汇联想测试。联想测试的诱导词包括名词、动词和形容词。联想测试的反应词被分为纵聚合联系词、横组合联系词、百科式联系词以及形式联系词。研究结果表明:1)二语心理词汇与本族语者词汇联系方式类似,二者均以纵聚合联系为主导,但是学习者的横组合联系明显弱于本族语者;2)对两组被试而言,动词和形容词的横组合联系强度均明显高于名词;3)较之动词和形容词,学习者在增加名词的纵聚合知识方面遇到的难度似乎更大。