Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, 1101 E. 10th St., Bloomington, IN 47405, USA.
Psychon Bull Rev. 2009 Dec;16(6):1037-42. doi: 10.3758/PBR.16.6.1037.
In the present research, we investigated the influence of native-language adjective-noun word order on category accessibility for nouns and adjectives by comparing Portuguese speakers (in whose language nouns precede adjectives) with English speakers (in whose language adjectives precede nouns). In two studies, we presented participants with different numbers of verbal or pictorial stimuli, and subsequently they answered questions about noun- and adjective-conditioned frequencies. The results demonstrated a primacy effect of native-language word order. Specifically, although both populations showed a speed advantage for noun-conditioned questions, this tendency was significantly stronger for Portuguese than for American participants. We discuss the important role of native-language syntax rules for the categorization and representation of information.
在本研究中，我们通过比较母语为葡萄牙语（形容词在名词之前）的人和母语为英语（形容词在名词之后）的人，研究了母语形容词-名词词序对名词和形容词可及性的影响。在两项研究中，我们向参与者展示了不同数量的口头或图像刺激，然后他们回答了关于名词和形容词条件频率的问题。结果表明母语词序存在优先效应。具体来说，尽管两个群体对名词条件问题的回答速度都有优势，但对于葡萄牙语参与者来说，这种趋势明显强于美国参与者。我们讨论了母语语法规则在信息分类和表示中的重要作用。
