二语宾语代词在线消解中的句法知识作用研究

The Effect of Syntactic Knowledge on the Online Interpretation of L2 Object Pronoun

本研究采用自定步速阅读实验,调查形态-句法特征和句法结构在二语宾语代词在线加工中的作用。结果显示,句法结构影响代词消解,分别存在合法性效应和更早的干扰效应;代词的形态-句法特征也影响消解。这些结果表明,二语代词在工作记忆中提取先行语时受词频、形态-句法特征和句法结构影响,先行语提取以自右向左方式进行搜索。

With a self⁃paced phrase⁃by⁃phrase reading experiment,this research investigates how second language(L2)learners use syntactic knowledge of the morph⁃syntactic features and syntactic structure during online co⁃reference processing of English pronouns him and her.The results indicate that both the gender of binding⁃inaccessible antecedents and binding⁃accessible antecedents influence the online resolution of L2 pronouns.Conclusion can be drawn that word frequency,the morph⁃syntactic features and syntactic structure impact the online L2 pronoun resolution.Furthermore,the antecedent retrieval in the working memory is identified from the right to the left.