中国英语二语学习者词汇识别中的形音依赖

Orthography-phonology reliance in word recognition among Chinese ESL learners

词汇识别的形音依赖问题一直是二语词汇识别领域关注的重要问题,但以往研究多考察拼音文字母语者,而对表意文字母语者的相关研究较少。本研究旨在通过两个实验探究母语为汉语的英语二语学习者在词汇识别中的形音依赖。实验一考察学习者在词汇识别过程中的形音依赖情况。结果发现,正字法相似的词比不相似的词正确率更低,但语音相似性不影响词汇识别。实验二考察二语水平对词汇识别形音依赖的影响。结果发现,与高水平受试相比,低水平受试识别正字法相似词的正确率更低,而语音相似性不影响不同水平受试的词汇识别。上述结果表明,学习者在词汇识别中更依赖正字法信息,且这种依赖模式受到二语水平的调节。本研究支持并丰富了正字法深度假说,对词汇教学亦有重要启示。

Orthography-phonology reliance is a central concern in second language word recognition.Previous studies have focused on alphabetic language speakers,neglecting ideographic language speakers.This study investigated Chinese ESL learners'reliance on orthography and phonology in word recognition through two experiments.Experiment 1 investigated the learners'reliance on orthography and phonology in word recognition.The results showed that words with similar orthographies were recognized less accurately than dissimilar ones,with no effect based on phonological similarity.Experiment 2 explored the effect of L2 proficiency on the reliance of orthographic phonology in word recognition.The results demonstrated that participants with lower proficiency had lower accuracy in recognizing orthographically similar words than did those with higher proficiency,whereas phonological similarity did not affect word recognition across proficiency levels.These results suggest a greater reliance on orthographic cues in word recognition,moderated by L2 proficiency.This study supports and enriches the Orthographic Depth Hypothesis and offers valuable insights into ESL vocabulary teaching.