2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Propositional inferences driven by event semantics: Eye movements and EEG
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20H01263
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 02060:Linguistics-related
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| Research Institution | Konan University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
CHANG Franklin 神戸市外国語大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (60827343)
矢野 雅貴 東京都立大学, 人文科学研究科, 准教授 (80794031)
小野 創 津田塾大学, 学芸学部, 教授 (90510561)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | 心理言語学 / 意味論 / 語用論 / 日本語 / 文理解 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study examined how event semantics invoke inference-based predictions in the real-time comprehension of sentences. In particular, we focused on how event semantics from verbs invoke predictive inferences and how non-explicit terms are subject to preference interpretation. In addition to the eye-tracking measures, a new Maze task methodology was developed to test inter-propositional inference. The results showed that there was no correlation with lexical semantic measures in terms of reaction times associated with the choice of the subject of the second sentence, but there was a correlation with the probability of the choice. This is a new result that suggests that a specific semantic component of verb semantics influences inter-propositional pragmatic reasoning in real time.
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| Free Research Field |
心理言語学、意味論
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
我々の日常の言語理解は単に単語の意味や文法に基づくだけではなく、より大きなコンテキストにも多くを負っている。しかしそのコンテキストの理解には言語外の情報だけでなく、言語内の情報から発する推論が含まれる。本研究では２つの命題間の推論のうち、1文目の動詞の意味における「影響性」の成分（目的語がその動作によって影響を受けるかどうかという尺度）から、2文目の主語の選好される現象を明らかにした。
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