Chinese subject-relative clauses are more difficult to process than the object-relative clauses

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	Chinese subject-relative clauses are more difficult to process than the object-relative clauses
	Chen, Baoguo 1; Ning, Aihua 1; Bi, Hongyan2 ; Dunlap, Susan 3; B. G. Chen
摘要	This paper presents an experiment that compared high and low working memory span readers' abilities to process Chinese subject-relative and object-relative clause structures in a self-paced reading paradigm. Comprehension performance results indicated that the object-relative structure was easier to understand than the subject-relative structure. Reading time results showed that participants with low working memory span read the subject-relative structures more slowly than the object-relative structures, but there was no reading time difference for the high working memory span participants. The experiment provides further evidence that the Chinese subject-relative clause structure is more difficult to process than the Chinese object-relative clause structure. especially for low working memory span individuals. Furthermore, these results support a syntactic storage account of the observed complexity difference.; This paper presents an experiment that compared high and low working memory span readers' abilities to process Chinese subject-relative and object-relative clause structures in a self-paced reading paradigm. Comprehension performance results indicated that the object-relative structure was easier to understand than the subject-relative structure. Reading time results showed that participants with low working memory span read the subject-relative structures more slowly than the object-relative structures, but there was no reading time difference for the high working memory span participants. The experiment provides further evidence that the Chinese subject-relative clause structure is more difficult to process than the Chinese object-relative clause structure. especially for low working memory span individuals. Furthermore, these results support a syntactic storage account of the observed complexity difference. (C) 2008 Published by Elsevier B.V.
关键词	subject-relative clause object-relative clause working memory Chinese
学科领域	心理语言学
	2008-09-01
语种	英语
发表期刊	ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA
ISSN	0001-6918
卷号	129 期号:1 页码:61-65
期刊论文类型	Article
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000259615800007
引用统计	被引频次：55[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/5253
专题	中国科学院心理研究所回溯数据库(1956-2010)
通讯作者	B. G. Chen
作者单位	1.Beijing Normal Univ, Sch Psychol, Beijing Key Lab Appl Expt Psychol, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 3.Univ Pittsburgh, Ctr Learning Res & Dev, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Chen, Baoguo,Ning, Aihua,Bi, Hongyan,et al. Chinese subject-relative clauses are more difficult to process than the object-relative clauses[J]. ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA,2008,129(1):61-65.
APA	Chen, Baoguo,Ning, Aihua,Bi, Hongyan,Dunlap, Susan,&B. G. Chen.(2008).Chinese subject-relative clauses are more difficult to process than the object-relative clauses.ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA,129(1),61-65.
MLA	Chen, Baoguo,et al."Chinese subject-relative clauses are more difficult to process than the object-relative clauses".ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA 129.1(2008):61-65.

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