情绪性信息和语义透明度对中国英语学习者加工英语复合词的影响研究

The Influence of Emotionality and Semantic Transparency on Chinese English Learners’Processing of English Compounds

探讨中国英语学习者对英语复合词的加工,采用词汇判断实验,研究了情绪性信息与语义透明度对其影响。实验发现:情绪复合词和中性复合词的反应时和正确率均具有显著差异;透明复合词和晦涩复合词在反应时和正确率上具有显著差异;以被试作为随机变量时,二者的交互效应边缘显著,以实验材料作为随机变量时,二者的交互效应不显著。研究结果初步表明情绪性信息和语义透明度影响了中国英语学习者对英语二语复合词的加工,情绪性信息对语义透明度的调节作用较小。

The present study investigates the influence of emotionality and semantic transparency on the processing of English compounds by Chinese learners of English based on the data obtained in a lexical decision task.The experimental results show that there are significant differences in reaction time and correct rate between emotional compound words and neutral compound words;there are significant differences in reaction time and accuracy between transparent compound words and obscure compound words;when the subject used as a random variable,the interaction effect of emotionality and semantic transparency is marginal significant.When the experimental stimulus used as a random variable,the interaction effect is not significant.These results indicates that emotionality and semantic transparency affects Chinese ESL learners’processing of compounds,and the moderating effect of emotional information on semantic transparency is small.