The study employed ERP technique to explore whether the affordance derivation can facilitate semantic access in comprehending Chinese puns. ERPs were measured while participants read the pun sentences containing dual ...The study employed ERP technique to explore whether the affordance derivation can facilitate semantic access in comprehending Chinese puns. ERPs were measured while participants read the pun sentences containing dual meanings and made a judgement about the following probes and statements. The results showed that highly related probes in pun sentences elicited a smaller N400 and a larger LPC than moderately related probes in pun sentences. As for the comparison of sentence types, both highly and moderately related probes in pun sentences produce a smaller N400 and a larger LPC than those in control sentences. These results indicate that in the early stage of pun comprehension, semantic access to the literal meaning is easier through affordance derivation because of meaning dominance and frequency. In the late stage of integration, however,the intended meaning of puns can be facilitated and accessed through its privilege of affordance derivation activated by pun words in a pun context because of the priming context and its underlying intention. The study has discovered empirically that it is the affordance derivation,which connects the context and the dual meanings indicated by the pun words, that contributes to the different time courses and dynamic underlying neurocognitive mechanisms in comprehending puns in Chinese.展开更多
Previous studies on Chinese English teachers’identity and autonomy have overlooked the group of female student-teachers(FSTs)from rural areas.Drawing on data from questionnaire responses,narrative frames and semi-str...Previous studies on Chinese English teachers’identity and autonomy have overlooked the group of female student-teachers(FSTs)from rural areas.Drawing on data from questionnaire responses,narrative frames and semi-structured interviews with research participants,this study first depicts the trajectories of identity construction and autonomy development of nine female student-teachers,and then identifies three main factors that affected their transformation from English learners to student English teachers,and the development of autonomy in such a process.The three factors are gendered ideology,affinity groups and family finance.This study concludes with some implications for policy makers and teacher educators on how to empower female student English teachers from rural China to transform from English learners to English teachers,and how to enhance their autonomy in such a transformation.展开更多
基金supported by the Key Program of the National Social Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 19AYY011)the Major Scientific Program of Shanghai International Studies University (Grant No. 2018114027)。
文摘The study employed ERP technique to explore whether the affordance derivation can facilitate semantic access in comprehending Chinese puns. ERPs were measured while participants read the pun sentences containing dual meanings and made a judgement about the following probes and statements. The results showed that highly related probes in pun sentences elicited a smaller N400 and a larger LPC than moderately related probes in pun sentences. As for the comparison of sentence types, both highly and moderately related probes in pun sentences produce a smaller N400 and a larger LPC than those in control sentences. These results indicate that in the early stage of pun comprehension, semantic access to the literal meaning is easier through affordance derivation because of meaning dominance and frequency. In the late stage of integration, however,the intended meaning of puns can be facilitated and accessed through its privilege of affordance derivation activated by pun words in a pun context because of the priming context and its underlying intention. The study has discovered empirically that it is the affordance derivation,which connects the context and the dual meanings indicated by the pun words, that contributes to the different time courses and dynamic underlying neurocognitive mechanisms in comprehending puns in Chinese.
基金supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2017M611602)
文摘Previous studies on Chinese English teachers’identity and autonomy have overlooked the group of female student-teachers(FSTs)from rural areas.Drawing on data from questionnaire responses,narrative frames and semi-structured interviews with research participants,this study first depicts the trajectories of identity construction and autonomy development of nine female student-teachers,and then identifies three main factors that affected their transformation from English learners to student English teachers,and the development of autonomy in such a process.The three factors are gendered ideology,affinity groups and family finance.This study concludes with some implications for policy makers and teacher educators on how to empower female student English teachers from rural China to transform from English learners to English teachers,and how to enhance their autonomy in such a transformation.
