工作记忆、语境和语篇加工深度对中国英语学习者叙事性语篇预期推理即时生成的影响研究外国语言学与应用语言学专业论文.docx

I I 工作记忆、语境和语篇加工深度对中国英语学习者 叙事性语篇预期推理即时生成的影响研究 摘 要 本论文是关于中国英语学习者叙事性语篇预期推理即时生成的影响因素研 究，考察了工作记忆、语境和语篇加工深度对中国英语学习者预期推理即时生成 的影响。本研究选取中国英语学习者为被试，采用 2（高、低工作记忆能力）× 2（深、浅加工水平）× 2（高、低预期语境）设计，使用在线阅读时间法，运 用心理学软件 DMDX 来记录被试的反应时间和反应结果，探讨叙事性语篇理解 过程中预期推理的即时加工过程。 研究结果表明：（1）中国英语学习者的工作记忆能力制约其预期推理的即 时生成，高工作记忆能力阅读者比低工作记忆能力阅读者能更快做出即时预期推 理；（2）语境影响预期推理的即时生成，高预期语境更能促进预期推理的生成； （3）阅读者语篇加工深度影响其即时预期推理的生成，加工水平越深越容易做 出预期推理；（4）工作记忆能力和语境对预期推理的即时生成存在交互作用。 本论文共分五部分。第一章即前言介绍了论文的研究方向、目的和结构。第 二章为文献综述，简要介绍了相关概念的定义、语篇推理模式和推理的影响因素， 并回顾了相关的研究。第三章是实验部分，主要介绍了实验对象、实验材料及实 验过程。第四章在对实验数据进行分析后，综合讨论了研究结果并且得出结论。 最后一章总结了该研究的重要发现及不足之处，同时为将来进一步研究提出些许 建议。 关键词：预期推理；语篇理解；叙事性语篇；工作记忆；语境；语篇加工深度 II II A Study of the Effects of Working Memory Capacity, Context and Text Processing Depth on Chinese EFL Learners’ On-line Predictive Inference Generation During Narrative Text Comprehension Abstract This study is designed to explore the effects of working memory capacity, context and text processing depth on Chinese EFL learners? on-line predictive inference generation during narrative text comprehension. One on-line experiment was conducted among ninety-four non-English majors at Ocean University of China. The design is 2 (working memory capacity: high and low) × 2 (text processing depth: deep and surface) × 2 (context: high and low) factorial. The reading time method was adopted to record the subjects? response times and response results, with the help of the psychological research software DMDX. The results indicate that (1) Chinese EFL learners? working memory capacity significantly constrain their on-line predictive inference generation. High-span readers respond significantly faster to target sentences representing predictive inferences than their low-span counterparts; (2) context influences the on-line generation of predictive inferences. (3) text processing depth considerably influences the on-line predictive inference generation. Deep text processing can promote the generation of predictive inferences; and (4) there is an