认知因素影响汉语隐喻和反语加工的实验研究

Experimental study on the influence of cognitive factors in the processing of Chinese metaphor and irony

修辞语言加工研究一直是认知语言学实证研究的热点。本文通过两个实验具体探究了汉语隐喻和反语修辞含义加工的特点,并且从认知因素差异的角度探究了4种认知因素(认知努力、共情商数、反语使用倾向和工作记忆容量)对汉语隐喻义和反语义加工的具体影响。结果表明:汉语反语义加工难度大于字面义和隐喻义加工;工作记忆容量、认知努力和共情能力3种认知因素对隐喻义加工的影响较大;工作记忆容量、反语使用倾向和共情能力三种认知因素对反语义加工的影响较大。研究结果在一定程度上支持了修辞语言加工理论中的等级突显观和约束-满足框架理论。

Rhetorical language processing study has always been the focus of empirical research in cognitive linguistics.This study aims at finding out the cognitive differences of Chinese metaphor and irony processing and how cognitive factors namely need for cognition(NFC),empathy abi-lity(EA),sarcasm self-report scale(SSS)and working memory capacity(WMC)affect Chinese metaphor and irony processing with two experiments.The results indicate that Chinese irony processing is more difficult than literal and metaphorical processing,and cognitive factors namely WMC,NFC and EA are closely related to Chinese metaphor processing,while WMC,SSS and EA are closely related to Chinese irony processing.The findings support two figurative language processing theories:graded salience view and constraint-satisfaction framework.