神经语言学研究新趋势:从病理迈向生理——兼论对优化外语教学的启示

New advances of neurolinguistic research: From pathology to physiology——Practical implications on optimizing foreign language education

神经语言学从萌芽到创立以来,其研究主题曾一直是主要针对言语障碍的脑机制及其干预的"病理取向"。但是,随着神经科学、语言学,尤其是心理语言学的不断进步,神经语言学研究正表现出从病理迈向生理的新趋势。本文先通过梳理这一新趋势发展脉络过程,概括出传统病理取向研究的五大学说,进而在梳理生理取向研究中,从神经语言学与外语教学的结合视角出发,分析了四个最主要前沿研究热点问题的新进展,探讨了"优化语言学习"的鲜明特色及其"干预"在优化中的重要性,并从优化外语教学的四个方面阐述了新趋势带来的启示。

Since the inception of the linguistics, the theme of Neurolinguistics research aims for the brain mechanism and intervention of speech disorders. With the continuous progress of neuroscience, linguistics, especially psycholinguistics, the research of Neurolinguistics has undergone a quite innovation from pathology to physiology. Unfortunately, there has not yet enough attention on this new vision. Therefore, the author conducts a literature review, synthesizes the trends and summarizes the five major hypotheses. From the perspective of combining neural linguistics and foreign language teaching, the current paper investigated the development of Neurolinguistics theories. Based upon the frontier literature searched, the article concludes five major approaches of heated-discussed research topics, and pinpoints ＂optimizing language learning＂ as characteristics of ＂intervening＂ learning mechanism. Finally, the author proposes four suggestions on optimizing foreign language teaching and learning.