本文基于韵律句法学的理论,以事件相关电位(Event—related Potentials,ERP)技术为实验手段,使用听觉识别理解任务和视觉语义理解正误判断任务的跨通道模式,探讨不同情况下韵律和句法对四字格成语加工过程的影响。本研究结论如下:在成语加工过程中,当按照标准的2+2韵律模式朗读成语时,不论是否符合句法结构,加工都要相对容易。当按照不正确的1+3韵律模式朗读成语时,不论是否符合句法结构,加工难度都会增加。该结果证明了韵律句法学观点,即韵律可以违反句法,使不符合句法结构的朗读方式变得容易接受。
The main goal of this paper is to explore the interaction between prosody and syntax in Chinese four-character idiom processing, inspired by the theory of prosodic constraint on syntax. In the experiment, ERPs were recorded as native Chinese speakers listened to a series of four-character Chinese idioms whose prosodic and syntactic structures are consistent or inconsistent. The following conclusions have been drawn from this study: When idioms are read in the normal prosodic mode of the 2 + 2 form, they are regarded as normal ones, no matter what syntactic structures they have. When the idioms are not read in the standard 2 + 2 form, subjects may have difficulty in processing them, no matter what syntactic structures they have or whether or not the idioms are read according to the syntactic structures. In summary, prosody plays an important role in the processing of idioms and constrains the syntax, which provides experimental evidence for the theory of prosodic constraint on syntax .