Siyanova-Chanturia Anna, Janssen Niels
School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Victoria University of Wellington.
Psychology Department, Institute of Biomedical Technologies, Universidad de La Laguna.
J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn. 2018 Dec;44(12):2009-2018. doi: 10.1037/xlm0000562. Epub 2018 Apr 12.
Current evidence suggests that native speakers and, to a lesser degree, second language learners are sensitive to the frequency with which phrases occur in language. Much of this evidence, however, comes from language comprehension. While a number of production studies have looked at phrase frequency effects in a first language, little evidence exists with respect to the production of phrases in a second language. The present study addressed this gap by examining the production of English binomial expressions by first and late second language speakers. In a phrase elicitation task, participants produced binomial expressions (bride and groom) and their reversed forms (groom and bride), which are identical in form and meaning but differ in frequency. Mixed-effects modeling revealed that native speakers' articulatory durations were modulated by phrase frequency, but not the type of stimulus (binomial vs. reversed). Nonnative speakers' articulatory durations were not affected either by phrase frequency or stimulus type. Our findings provide further evidence for the effect of multiword information on language production in native speakers, and raise important questions about the effects of phrase frequency on language production in second language learners. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).
目前的证据表明，以英语为母语者以及程度稍低的第二语言学习者对语言中短语出现的频率很敏感。然而，这些证据大多来自语言理解方面。虽然有一些产出研究考察了第一语言中短语频率的影响，但关于第二语言中短语产出的证据却很少。本研究通过考察第一语言使用者和晚期第二语言学习者对英语二项式表达的产出，填补了这一空白。在一个短语引出任务中，参与者产出二项式表达（新娘和新郎）及其颠倒形式（新郎和新娘），它们在形式和意义上相同，但频率不同。混合效应模型显示，以英语为母语者的发音时长受短语频率调节，但不受刺激类型（二项式与颠倒形式）的影响。非母语者的发音时长既不受短语频率影响，也不受刺激类型影响。我们的研究结果为多词信息对母语者语言产出的影响提供了进一步证据，并对短语频率对第二语言学习者语言产出的影响提出了重要问题。（PsycINFO数据库记录（c）2018美国心理学会，保留所有权利）
