Kien J, Kemp A
Fachbereich für Biologie, Universität Regensburg, Federal Republic of Germany.
Brain Lang. 1994 May;46(4):662-82. doi: 10.1006/brln.1994.1036.
Phrase durations in spoken German and Korean were examined for temporal segmentation like that in behavior. Lines of poetry, which may be regarded as semantic units equivalent to action units in behavior, were found to be temporally segmented but, unlike behavior, there is a significant effect of language/culture on segment length. The lengths of the pauses made between lines while reading poetry were used to define possible semantic segments in reading prose, retelling a story, free speech, and telephone messages. No temporal segmentation was found, each situation resulting in a different distribution of phrase durations. These results are discussed in terms of a possible evolution of language from the motor system.
对德语和韩语口语中的短语时长进行了研究，以探究其在时间分割方面是否与行为中的情况类似。诗歌行可被视为等同于行为中动作单元的语义单元，研究发现诗歌行在时间上是有分割的，但与行为不同的是，语言/文化对分割长度有显著影响。阅读诗歌时每行之间的停顿长度被用于定义阅读散文、复述故事、自由发言和电话留言中可能的语义片段。未发现时间分割现象，每种情况都导致了不同的短语时长分布。从运动系统的角度对这些结果进行了讨论，探讨了语言可能的演变过程。
