Semantic predictability is one of the important factors that influence word processing and recognition.Based on the sPaM paradigm(Self-paced reading+Masked priming),the present study explores the influence of semantic...Semantic predictability is one of the important factors that influence word processing and recognition.Based on the sPaM paradigm(Self-paced reading+Masked priming),the present study explores the influence of semantic predictability on TL effects in Chinese and English.The findings show that in both languages,internal and final transpositions produce priming effect in low-predictability preceding and following contexts as well as in high-predictability following contexts.From the perspective of priming magnitude,internal trans-position produces greater priming effect than final transposition in English,while in Chinese,final transposition produces greater priming effect than internal trans-position.In high-predictability preceding contexts,internal and final transpositions reveal significant priming effect and initial transposition produces close-to-significant-level priming effect in English,while in Chinese,no significant priming effect is observed in initial,internal or final transpositions.展开更多
基金The present study was sponsored by the National Social Science Foundation Project Research on the Course of Bilingual Ability Improvement Based on Code-switching Processing Mechanism(21BYY100)the social science application research project of Jiangsu Province Research on Cognitive Load and its Optimal Regulation in Chinese-English Bilingual Switch(21SWA-03).
文摘Semantic predictability is one of the important factors that influence word processing and recognition.Based on the sPaM paradigm(Self-paced reading+Masked priming),the present study explores the influence of semantic predictability on TL effects in Chinese and English.The findings show that in both languages,internal and final transpositions produce priming effect in low-predictability preceding and following contexts as well as in high-predictability following contexts.From the perspective of priming magnitude,internal trans-position produces greater priming effect than final transposition in English,while in Chinese,final transposition produces greater priming effect than internal trans-position.In high-predictability preceding contexts,internal and final transpositions reveal significant priming effect and initial transposition produces close-to-significant-level priming effect in English,while in Chinese,no significant priming effect is observed in initial,internal or final transpositions.
