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Phrasal Learning Is a Horse Apiece: No Recognition Memory Advantages for Idioms in L1 and L2 Adult Learners
Frontiers In Psychology ( IF 2.6 ) Pub Date : 2021-03-12 , DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.591364
Sara D. Beck , Andrea Weber

Native (L1) and to some extent non-native (L2) speakers have shown processing advantages for idioms compared to novel literal phrases, and there is limited evidence that this advantage also extends to memory in L1 children. This study investigated whether these advantages generalize to recognition memory in adults. It employed a learning paradigm to test whether there is a recognition memory advantage for idioms compared to literal phrases in adult L1 and L2 learners considering both form and meaning recognition. Additionally, we asked whether the presence of unfamiliar vocabulary interferes with phrasal learning by looking at recall of such unfamiliar words. When encountering new idioms, L2 learners often must cope with both figurative meaning and unfamiliar vocabulary. While single word meaning need not interfere with idiomatic meaning, it is a building block for the meaning of literal phrases. In Experiment 1, L2 learners showed equal recall for the form and meaning of literal and idiomatic phrases in which either all words were highly familiar, or one word was unfamiliar. However, unfamiliar words decreased overall recognition and were also remembered significantly better in literal compared to idiomatic phrases. In Experiment 2, L1 speakers also showed no recall differences between phrase types, but they displayed a trending increase in recognition in the presence of unfamiliar words. We conclude that there is no inherent recognition memory advantage for idioms based on figurativeness alone, and word- and phrasal meaning interact differently in learner groups.



中文翻译:

短语学习是一匹马:成年和成年学习者的成语没有识别记忆的优势

与新颖的文字短语相比,母语(L1)和某种程度上说非母语(L2)的人已经显示了成语的处理优势,并且有限的证据表明,这种优势还扩展到了L1儿童的记忆中。这项研究调查了这些优势是否普遍适用于成年人的识别记忆。它采用学习范式来测试成年L1和L2学习者在考虑形式和含义识别的情况下,与成语短语相比,习语是否具有识别记忆优势。此外,我们通过查看此类陌生单词的回忆,来询问陌生词汇的存在是否会干扰短语学习。二语学习者在遇到新的习语时,通常必须同时应付具象意义和陌生词汇。虽然单个单词的意思不必干扰惯用语的意思,它是文字短语含义的基础。在实验1中,二语学习者对文字和惯用短语的形式和含义表现出同等的回忆,其中所有单词都非常熟悉,或者一个单词不熟悉。但是,与惯用语相比,不熟悉的词会降低整体认知度,并且在字面意义上的记忆力也要好得多。在实验2中,L1说话者也没有显示出短语类型之间的回想差异,但是在不熟悉的单词的情况下,他们的识别能力呈上升趋势。我们得出的结论是,仅基于比喻性的成语就没有固有的识别记忆优势,而且单词和短语的含义在学习者群体中的交互作用也不同。第二语言的学习者对单词和惯用短语的形式和含义表现出同等的回想力,在这些短语中,要么所有单词都非常熟悉,要么一个单词不熟悉。但是,与惯用语相比,不熟悉的词会降低整体认知度,并且在字面意义上的记忆力也要好得多。在实验2中,L1说话者也没有显示出短语类型之间的回想差异,但是在不熟悉的单词的情况下,他们的识别能力呈上升趋势。我们得出的结论是,仅基于比喻性的成语就没有固有的识别记忆优势,而且单词和短语的含义在学习者群体中的交互作用也不同。第二语言的学习者对单词和惯用短语的形式和含义表现出同等的回想力,在这些短语中,要么所有单词都非常熟悉,要么一个单词不熟悉。但是,与惯用语相比,不熟悉的词会降低整体认知度,并且在字面意义上的记忆力也要好得多。在实验2中,L1说话者也没有显示出短语类型之间的回想差异,但是在不熟悉的单词的情况下,他们的识别能力呈上升趋势。我们得出的结论是,仅基于比喻性的成语就没有固有的识别记忆优势,而且单词和短语的含义在学习者群体中的交互作用也不同。与惯用词组相比,陌生词会降低整体认知度,而且在字面上的记忆力也要好得多。在实验2中,L1说话者也没有显示出短语类型之间的回想差异,但是在不熟悉的单词的情况下,他们的识别能力呈上升趋势。我们得出的结论是,仅基于比喻性的成语就没有固有的识别记忆优势,而且单词和短语的含义在学习者群体中的交互作用也不同。与惯用词组相比,陌生词会降低整体认知度,而且在字面上的记忆力也要好得多。在实验2中,L1说话者也没有显示出短语类型之间的回想差异,但是在不熟悉的单词的情况下,他们的识别能力呈上升趋势。我们得出的结论是,仅基于比喻性的成语就没有固有的识别记忆优势,而且单词和短语的含义在学习者群体中的交互作用也不同。

更新日期:2021-04-15
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