Psychological Science ›› 2011, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (4): 782-787.

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Comparison of Cantonese–Mandarin diglossia speakers and Mandarin speakers about the cyclical temporal reasoning

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  • Received:2010-04-26 Revised:2011-04-02 Online:2011-07-20 Published:2011-07-20

粤语-普通话双言者和普通话单言者周期性时间推理比较

杨晨1,张积家2   

  1. 1. 华南师范大学教育科学学院
    2. 华南师范大学
  • 通讯作者: 张积家
  • 基金资助:

    国家重点基础研究发展计划“973”课题;教育部人文社会科学重点研究基地项目;广东省自然科学基金团队项目

Abstract:

This study compared the differences between Cantonese–Mandarin diglossia speakers and Mandarin speakers about temporal reasoning. Experiment 1 and 2 showed that whether the materials is "not to five as a unit," "5 as a unit" or "character as a unit," the reaction time of Cantonese–Mandarin diglossia speakers was longer than Mandarin speakers. The experiment 3 and 4 indicated that both Cantonese–Mandarin diglossia speakers and Mandarin speakers adopted number processing in time reasoning when the materials was "5 as a unit", but to the materials of “‘character’as a unit”, Cantonese–Mandarin diglossia speakers adopted image processing.The differences of temporal reasoning between Cantonese–Mandarin diglossia speakers and Mandarin speakers can be explained by the Weaker Links Hypothesis.

Key words: temporal reasoning, Cantonese–Mandarin diglossia speaker, Mandarin speakers

摘要:

通过4个实验,考察粤-普双言者与普通话单言者周期性时间推理的差异。实验1和2表明,无论时间以5为单位、不以5为单位还是以“字”为单位,双言者反应时均显著长。实验3和4表明,当时间为以5为单位时,双言者与单言者均采用数字加工方式;当材料以“字”为单位时,双言者采用空间表象加工方式。

关键词: 时间推理, 粤–普双言者, 普通话单言者