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題名 Investigating the processing of relative clauses in Mandarin Chinese: Evidence from eye-movement data
作者 杜容玥*
Tu, Jung-yueh
Sung, Yao-Ting
Cha, Jih-Ho
Wu, Ming-Da
Lin, Wei-Chun
貢獻者 華文碩
關鍵詞 Mandarin Chinese ; Relative clauses ; Eye-movement ; Processing asymmetry ; Sentence complexity
日期 2016-12
上傳時間 2-Mar-2020 15:24:11 (UTC+8)
摘要 A number of previous studies on Chinese relative clauses (RC) have reported conflicting results on processing asymmetry. This study aims to revisit the prevalent debate on whether subject-extracted RCs (SRC) or object-extracted RCs (ORC) are easier to process by using the eye-movement technique. In the current study, the data are analyzed in terms of the gaze duration and regression of eye-movement in three critical areas: head noun, embedded verb, and RC-modifying noun phrase as subject. The results show an ORC preference for the processing of RC structures, which supports the word-order account and the Dependency Locality Theory, and a better cross-clausal integration for SRC, which supports the perspective-shift account. The processing asymmetry in Chinese RCs are discussed under relevant theoretical accounts, such as structure-based, memory-based, and perspective shift accounts. We argue that the findings are associated with the syntactic nature of Chinese (a head-initial language with pre-nominal RCs).
關聯 Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, Vol.45, No.5, pp.1089-113
資料類型 article
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10936-015-9394-y
dc.contributor 華文碩-
dc.creator (作者) 杜容玥*-
dc.creator (作者) Tu, Jung-yueh-
dc.creator (作者) Sung, Yao-Ting-
dc.creator (作者) Cha, Jih-Ho-
dc.creator (作者) Wu, Ming-Da-
dc.creator (作者) Lin, Wei-Chun-
dc.date (日期) 2016-12-
dc.date.accessioned 2-Mar-2020 15:24:11 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 2-Mar-2020 15:24:11 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 2-Mar-2020 15:24:11 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/129026-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) A number of previous studies on Chinese relative clauses (RC) have reported conflicting results on processing asymmetry. This study aims to revisit the prevalent debate on whether subject-extracted RCs (SRC) or object-extracted RCs (ORC) are easier to process by using the eye-movement technique. In the current study, the data are analyzed in terms of the gaze duration and regression of eye-movement in three critical areas: head noun, embedded verb, and RC-modifying noun phrase as subject. The results show an ORC preference for the processing of RC structures, which supports the word-order account and the Dependency Locality Theory, and a better cross-clausal integration for SRC, which supports the perspective-shift account. The processing asymmetry in Chinese RCs are discussed under relevant theoretical accounts, such as structure-based, memory-based, and perspective shift accounts. We argue that the findings are associated with the syntactic nature of Chinese (a head-initial language with pre-nominal RCs).-
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dc.relation (關聯) Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, Vol.45, No.5, pp.1089-113-
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Mandarin Chinese ; Relative clauses ; Eye-movement ; Processing asymmetry ; Sentence complexity-
dc.title (題名) Investigating the processing of relative clauses in Mandarin Chinese: Evidence from eye-movement data-
dc.type (資料類型) article-
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1007/s10936-015-9394-y-
dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10936-015-9394-y-