The Impact of Syntactic Complexity on Sentence Processing in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing individuals:Evidence from the Syntactic Ambiguity Resolution Paradigm
This study employed the self-paced reading technique and the syntactic ambiguity resolution paradigm to explore the differences in syntactic processing mechanisms between deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals(DHH)and hearing individuals when reading sentences with varying levels of syntactic complexity and ambiguity.The study concentrated on two common ambiguous sentence structures in Chinese:"V+N"and"V1+N1+的+N2".The results indicated that:(1)When reading unambiguous sentences,no significant differences were found between DHH and hearing individuals in accuracy,reading time,or semantic judgment time,regardless of syntactic complexity.(2)When reading ambiguous sentences,the accuracy of DHH was significantly lower than that of hearing individuals,with the gap widening as syntactic complexity increased.(3)DHH exhibited significantly longer semantic judgment times only for highly complex ambiguous sentences,while no differences were observed in reading time for both high and low complexity ambiguous sentences,nor in judgment time for low complexity ambiguous sentences between the two groups.(4)DHH and hearing individuals employed different cognitive loads and processing strategies when dealing with ambiguous sentences,with DHH experiencing more pronounced delays in both reading and judgment for highly complex ambiguous sentences.These findings support the Quantitative change theory,indicating that although DHH individuals have some syntactic processing abilities and can recognize syntactic information,their accuracy and processing speed remain limited,particularly when processing highly complex ambiguous sentences.
deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals(DHH)sentence readingsyntactic processingtemporarily ambiguous sentencequalitative-quantitative difference theory
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