Ferreira F, Henderson J M
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn. 1990 Jul;16(4):555-68. doi: 10.1037//0278-7393.16.4.555.
We investigated whether readers use verb information to aid in their initial parsing of temporarily ambiguous sentences. In the first experiment, subjects' eye movements were recorded. In the second and third experiments, subjects read sentences by using a noncumulative and cumulative word-by-word self-paced paradigm, respectively. The results of the first two experiments supported Frazier and Rayner's (1982) garden-path model of sentence comprehension: Verb information did not influence the initial operation of the parser. The third experiment indicated that the cumulative version of the self-paced paradigm is not appropriate for studying on-line parsing. We conclude that verb information is not used by the parser to modify its initial parsing strategies, although it may be used to guide subsequent reanalysis.
我们研究了读者是否会利用动词信息来辅助他们对临时歧义句的初始句法分析。在第一个实验中，记录了受试者的眼动情况。在第二个和第三个实验中，受试者分别使用非累积式和累积式逐词自定步速范式阅读句子。前两个实验的结果支持了弗雷泽和雷纳（1982）的句子理解花园路径模型：动词信息并未影响句法分析器的初始操作。第三个实验表明，自定步速范式的累积版本不适用于研究在线句法分析。我们得出结论，句法分析器不会利用动词信息来修改其初始句法分析策略，尽管动词信息可能会被用于指导后续的重新分析。
