Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL), Leiden University, Reuvensplaats 3, 2311 BE Leiden, the Netherlands.
Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL), Leiden University, Reuvensplaats 3, 2311 BE Leiden, the Netherlands; Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition (LIBC), Leiden University, LUMC, Postzone C2-S, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, the Netherlands.
Brain Lang. 2021 Mar;214:104889. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2020.104889. Epub 2021 Jan 22.
In Chinese, when objects are named with their quantity, a numeral classifier must be inserted between the quantifier and the noun to produce a grammatically correct quantifier + classifier + noun phrase. In this study, we adopted the picture-word interference paradigm to examine participants' naming latencies for multiple objects and their electroencephalogram in four conditions by manipulating two factors, i.e. semantic relatedness and classifier congruency. Results show that in noun phrase production, naming latencies are significantly longer in classifier-incongruent and semantically related conditions than in classifier-congruent and semantically unrelated conditions. Also, an N400-like effect was observed and found to be stronger in classifier-incongruent and semantically unrelated conditions. Together, the behavioral data and event-related potential analyses suggest that the use of classifiers as lexico-syntactic features in Mandarin Chinese takes place via a competitive selection process in noun phrase production.
在中文中,当物体被命名时,如果要使用数量词,必须在量词和名词之间插入一个数字分类器,才能构成一个语法正确的量词+分类器+名词短语。在这项研究中,我们采用图片-词汇干扰范式,通过操纵两个因素,即语义相关性和分类器一致性,来检查参与者对多个物体的命名潜伏期及其脑电图。结果表明,在名词短语生成中,分类器不一致且语义相关的条件下的命名潜伏期明显长于分类器一致且语义不相关的条件。此外,还观察到了一种 N400 样效应,并且在分类器不一致且语义不相关的条件下更强。总之,行为数据和事件相关电位分析表明,在汉语中,将分类器用作词汇-句法特征是通过名词短语生成中的竞争选择过程实现的。