Titone D A, Connine C M
Department of Psychology, State University of New York, Binghamton 13902-6000.
J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn. 1994 Sep;20(5):1126-38. doi: 10.1037//0278-7393.20.5.1126.
This study examined the influence of predictability on idiom comprehension in 3 cross-modal priming experiments. In Experiment 1, Ss heard neutral sentences that contained high- and low-predictable idioms and made lexical decisions to idiom-related or control visual targets presented at the idiom offset. Both high- and low-predictable idioms showed priming of the idiom-related meaning. Experiment 2 showed more priming for high-predictable idioms than for low-predictable idioms when the visual target was presented prior to idiom offset (penultimate position). In Experiment 3 the activation of the literal meaning of the idiom-final word at idiom offset was examined as a function of predictability and literality (i.e., the degree to which an idiom has a potential literal interpretation). Activation of the literal meaning was found for all idiom types except high-predictable-nonliteral idioms. The results are discussed with respect to different models of idiom comprehension, with a special emphasis on the configuration model.
本研究通过3个跨通道启动实验，考察了可预测性对习语理解的影响。在实验1中，被试听取包含高可预测性和低可预测性习语的中性句子，并对在习语偏移处呈现的与习语相关或控制视觉目标进行词汇判断。高可预测性和低可预测性习语均表现出对习语相关意义的启动效应。实验2表明，当视觉目标在习语偏移之前（倒数第二个位置）呈现时，高可预测性习语比低可预测性习语表现出更多的启动效应。在实验3中，考察了习语偏移时习语最后一个单词字面意义的激活情况，将其作为可预测性和字面性（即习语具有潜在字面解释的程度）的函数。除了高可预测性非字面习语外，所有习语类型均发现了字面意义的激活。研究结果结合不同的习语理解模型进行了讨论，特别强调了构型模型。
