中文量詞─名詞搭配關係之事件相關腦電位研究

Abstract

本計畫以事件相關腦電位（event-related potential, ERP）來探討中文量詞─名詞的處理歷程。本實驗主要是進行量詞理解作業，實驗素材分為正確量詞─名詞搭配（例如「九條河流」）、不合法量詞「個」─名詞搭配（例如「九個河流」）以及不合法量詞省略（例如「九河流」）三種情形。結果發現，以華語為母語的受試者在遇到不合文法的情形時，會產生N400的腦波，顯示受試者是以語意的方式在處理量詞─名詞的搭配。

The goal of this proposal is to explore the processing of Chinese Classifier-Noun combinations with the event-related brain potential (ERP) technique. The current study uses a classifier comprehension task to test if subjects would present different patterns of brain waves when processing (1) grammatical Classifier-Noun combinations, (2) ungrammatical GE-Noun combination and (3) ungrammatical omission of classifiers. The results revealed that ungrammatical combinations of GE-Noun and omission of classifiers would induce N400, an ERP component associated with semantic processing.