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.

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汉语普通话分类器：关于它们的表征和处理的行为和电生理学证据

在汉语中，当以数量命名对象时，必须在量词和名词之间插入数词量词，以产生语法正确的量词+量词+名词短语。在本研究中，我们采用图词干扰范式，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在四种情况下对多个对象的命名延迟及其脑电图。结果表明，在名词短语产生中，在分类词不一致和语义相关的条件下，命名延迟显着长于分类词一致和语义无关的条件。此外，观察到类似 N400 的效果，发现在分类器不一致和语义无关的条件下更强。一起，