易保树

• 1:南京邮电大学外国语学院

摘要(Abstract)：

句法孤岛是一种语法限制阻止了岛内成分移出，还是一种认知限制引发的超负荷？其形成机制一直是语言学与心理语言学界的争论焦点。文章从认知加工视角出发，以个体普遍性限制认知能力——工作记忆作为核心来解释句法孤岛效应产生的机制。句法孤岛效应的工作记忆说认为句法孤岛效应主要源于个体在加工复杂句式如填充—依存关系和孤岛结构时，填充词、距离、干扰项、空位、认知能力等多重语言与非语言因素共同作用，产生的认知负荷超出个体工作记忆容量上限。句法孤岛效应工作记忆限制假说表现为记忆容量限制说、相似干扰说、句法工作记忆说。未来研究在继续推进句法孤岛效应理论探索的同时，应重点加强相关实证研究，引入大语言模型作为实验对象，用以测试句法孤岛的可学性，为句法孤岛效应的工作记忆假说提供理想的检验平台。

关键词(KeyWords)： 句法孤岛;孤岛效应;工作记忆限制假说

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基金项目(Foundation): 江苏省社会科学一般项目“句法孤岛加工和习得的工作记忆作用机制”(23YYB004)

作者(Author): 易保树

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