Item Order of Propositional Representation in Understanding Spacial Relation Sentence

Abstract

Abstract: Adopting a sentence-picture verification task technique, this paper describes experiments designed to examine the item order of propositional representations in Chinese readers’ understanding spacial relation of simple sentence by visual and auditory tasks. The experiment result did not support the ″structure built frame theory″which is on the basis of ″participant referenced first″. The result found that the order of propositional representations is referenced object→indicated object in the auditory task. The reaction time for the referenced object in the front of the sentence(A right is B)is shorter than in the rear(A is the left of B).

Key words: spacial relation sentence, propositional representation, reference object, item order.

摘要： 采用改进后的句子―图形匹配实验，通过视、听通道呈现句子，探讨了中国大学生理解空间关系简单句所形成的命题表征中项目顺序特点。实验结果不支持“结构建造框架理论”中以“先提述参与者”作为表征基础的理论假设，在听觉通道呈现句子的实验中发现了支持优先表征参照客体的证据，当参照客体为“先提述参与者”时会促进个体对句子的理解。

关键词: 空间关系句, 命题表征, 参照客体, 项目顺序。

CLC Number:

B844

Liu Haiyan,Su Juan,Hao Qingchi,Yin Guoen. Item Order of Propositional Representation in Understanding Spacial Relation Sentence[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2015, 13(3): 296-301.

刘海燕,苏娟,郝清池,阴国恩. 两种空间关系简单句命题表征项目顺序特点^*[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2015, 13(3): 296-301.

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