Using structural priming to test links between constructions: English caused-motion and resultative sentences inhibit each other

IF 1.8 1区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Cognitive Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-04-20 DOI:10.1515/cog-2020-0016
Tobias Ungerer
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Abstract Cognitive-linguistic theories commonly model speakers’ grammatical knowledge as a network of constructions related by a variety of associative links. The present study proposes that structural priming can provide psycholinguistic evidence of such links, and crucially, that the method can be extended to non-alternating constructions (i.e., constructions that differ in both form and meaning). In a comprehension priming experiment using the “maze” variant of self-paced reading, English caused-motion sentences were found to have an inhibitory effect by slowing down participants’ subsequent processing of resultatives, and vice versa, providing evidence that speakers store distinct but related representations for the constructions. Priming effects of a similar magnitude emerged in both directions, suggesting that the constructions are bidirectionally related, while not supporting previous claims about a metaphorical asymmetry between the patterns. Moreover, priming was only marginally affected when prime and target contained the same rather than different verbs, demonstrating that cross-constructional priming in comprehension can be observed in the absence of a “lexical boost”. The results raise questions for follow-up research on the role of inhibition in the grammatical network and the extension of structural priming to other types of constructional links.
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用结构启动测试结构之间的联系:英语引起的动句和结果句相互抑制
摘要认知语言学理论通常将说话人的语法知识建模为一个由各种联想链接相关的结构网络。本研究提出,结构启动可以为这种联系提供心理语言学证据,至关重要的是,该方法可以扩展到非交替结构(即形式和意义不同的结构)。在一项使用自定节奏阅读的“迷宫”变体的理解启动实验中,发现英语引起的动作句通过减缓参与者随后对结果词的处理而具有抑制作用,反之亦然,这提供了说话者为结构存储不同但相关的表征的证据。两个方向都出现了类似程度的启动效应,这表明这些结构是双向相关的,而不支持之前关于模式之间隐喻不对称的说法。此外,当主词和宾语包含相同而非不同的动词时,启动仅受到轻微影响,这表明在没有“词汇提升”的情况下,可以观察到理解中的交叉结构启动。这些结果为后续研究抑制在语法网络中的作用以及结构启动对其他类型的结构连接的扩展提出了问题。
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期刊介绍: Cognitive Linguistics presents a forum for linguistic research of all kinds on the interaction between language and cognition. The journal focuses on language as an instrument for organizing, processing and conveying information. Cognitive Linguistics is a peer-reviewed journal of international scope and seeks to publish only works that represent a significant advancement to the theory or methods of cognitive linguistics, or that present an unknown or understudied phenomenon. Topics the structural characteristics of natural language categorization (such as prototypicality, cognitive models, metaphor, and imagery); the functional principles of linguistic organization, as illustrated by iconicity; the conceptual interface between syntax and semantics; the experiential background of language-in-use, including the cultural background; the relationship between language and thought, including matters of universality and language specificity.
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