Xu, Jiapeng · Figshare · 2024
Sentence comprehension involves both semantic and syntactic processing. Previous evidence has demonstrated the relatively weaker neural response of syntax compared to semantics in sentence comprehension. This study further identifies syntax’s weaker role: its underutilization by Chinese learners of English in understanding English sentences. This current study conducts an empirical experiment comprising six sentences that are semantically ambiguous but syntactically unambiguous and six syntactically paired sentences that are both semantically and syntactically unambiguous. All the twelve sentences can be readily comprehended solely through syntactic processing. However, the results of statistical analysis demonstrate that Chinese learners of English exhibit inferior comprehension performance on sentences that are semantically ambiguous but syntactically unambiguous compared to their paired counterparts. This revelation indicates that Chinese learners of English have a preference for semantic processing and a bias against syntactic processing in understanding English sentences, suggesting an underutilization of syntactic processing. This current study subsequently identifies two categories of parsing underutilization: partial underutilization and complete underutilization. Further exploration of the reasons behind partial and complete underutilization led to the identification of trial and error leveraged in syntactic processing as a contributing factor. Consequently, this study lays a foundation for the development of a novel parsing method designed to fully integrate syntactic processing into sentence comprehension, thereby enhancing the level of English sentence comprehension for Chinese learners of English.
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Xu, Jiapeng · Figshare · 2024
Sentence comprehension involves both semantic and syntactic processing. Previous evidence has demonstrated the relatively weaker neural response of syntax compared to semantics in sentence comprehension. This study further identifies syntax’s weaker role: its underutilization by Chinese learners of English in understanding English sentences. This current study conducts an empirical experiment comprising six sentences that are semantically ambiguous but syntactically unambiguous and six syntactically paired sentences that are both semantically and syntactically unambiguous. All the twelve sentences can be readily comprehended solely through syntactic processing. However, the results of statistical analysis demonstrate that Chinese learners of English exhibit inferior comprehension performance on sentences that are semantically ambiguous but syntactically unambiguous compared to their paired counterparts. This revelation indicates that Chinese learners of English have a preference for semantic processing and a bias against syntactic processing in understanding English sentences, suggesting an underutilization of syntactic processing. This current study subsequently identifies two categories of parsing underutilization: partial underutilization and complete underutilization. Further exploration of the reasons behind partial and complete underutilization led to the identification of trial and error leveraged in syntactic processing as a contributing factor. Consequently, this study lays a foundation for the development of a novel parsing method designed to fully integrate syntactic processing into sentence comprehension, thereby enhancing the level of English sentence comprehension for Chinese learners of English.
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Xu, Jiapeng · Figshare · 2024
Parsing is thought to aid sentence comprehension and thus precede sentence comprehension. However, in understanding English sentences for Chinese English learners, sentence comprehension is often the prerequisite for parsing and consequently precedes syntactic processing. These processes represent an intriguing circular logic: parsing utilized to aid sentence comprehension operates after sentence comprehension. This shifts our interest from the conventional topic of the relative time course of syntactic and semantic processing in sentence comprehension to a related but rarely directly discussed topic of the relative time course of syntactic processing and sentence comprehension. By elucidating this circular logic, we reveal and subsequently confirm through empirical experimental and statistical analysis from three perspectives that syntactic processing often ensues after sentence comprehension in Chinese English learners when understanding English sentences. This suggests that parsing often provides limited assistance in sentence understanding. This pattern arises due to the heavy reliance of the parsing method on trial and error, leading to trial-caused lag. This study not only fills the theoretical gaps regarding the time course between syntactic processing and sentence comprehension among Chinese English learners but also lays a practical foundation for creating a novel parsing method that operates without prior sentence comprehension, with the potential of rendering syntactic processing meaningful in sentence comprehension for Chinese English learners.
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Xu, Jiapeng · Figshare · 2024
In an NP + AdvP construction that is asymmetrical in word order cross Chinese and English, “one step forward” corresponding to “向前(forward)一(one)步(step)”, asymmetrical performance is observed between translating it from English to Chinese compared to from Chinese to English by Chinese English learners. This current study then conducts an empirical experiment and statistical analysis based on six NP + AdjP/AdvP constructions of this kind, 1. confirming that Chinese English learners demonstrate much higher correctness rate and confidence in translating such constructions from English to Chinese compared to from Chinese to English and 2. revealing that the adoption of chunk strategy has no muted effect on this translation asymmetry. A model to account for this asymmetric performance is described. Highly relying on semantic trial and error parsing by Chinese English learners is recognized as a contributing factor. These findings highlight the potential for introducing novel parsing methods involving more syntactic processing, thereby enhancing translation levels for Chinese English learners, especially in Chinese-English translation.
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Xu, Jiapeng · Figshare · 2024
Sentence comprehension involves both semantic and syntactic processing. Previous evidence has demonstrated the relatively weaker neural response of syntax compared to semantics in sentence comprehension. This study further identifies syntax’s weaker role: its underutilization by Chinese learners of English in understanding English sentences. This current study conducts an empirical experiment comprising six sentences that are semantically ambiguous but syntactically unambiguous and six syntactically paired sentences that are both semantically and syntactically unambiguous. All the twelve sentences can be readily comprehended solely through syntactic processing. However, the results of statistical analysis demonstrate that Chinese learners of English exhibit inferior comprehension performance on sentences that are semantically ambiguous but syntactically unambiguous compared to their paired counterparts. This revelation indicates that Chinese learners of English have a preference for semantic processing and a bias against syntactic processing in understanding English sentences, suggesting an underutilization of syntactic processing. This current study subsequently identifies two categories of parsing underutilization: partial underutilization and complete underutilization. Further exploration of the reasons behind partial and complete underutilization led to the identification of trial and error leveraged in syntactic processing as a contributing factor. Consequently, this study lays a foundation for the development of a novel parsing method designed to fully integrate syntactic processing into sentence comprehension, thereby enhancing the level of English sentence comprehension for Chinese learners of English.
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Xu, Jiapeng · Figshare · 2024
Parsing is thought to aid sentence comprehension and thus precede sentence comprehension. However, in understanding English sentences for Chinese English learners, sentence comprehension is often the prerequisite for parsing and consequently precedes syntactic processing. These processes represent an intriguing circular logic: parsing utilized to aid sentence comprehension operates after sentence comprehension. This shifts our interest from the conventional topic of the relative time course of syntactic and semantic processing in sentence comprehension to a related but rarely directly discussed topic of the relative time course of syntactic processing and sentence comprehension. By elucidating this circular logic, we reveal and subsequently confirm through empirical experimental and statistical analysis from three perspectives that syntactic processing often ensues after sentence comprehension in Chinese English learners when understanding English sentences. This suggests that parsing often provides limited assistance in sentence understanding. This pattern arises due to the heavy reliance of the parsing method on trial and error, leading to trial-caused lag. This study not only fills the theoretical gaps regarding the time course between syntactic processing and sentence comprehension among Chinese English learners but also lays a practical foundation for creating a novel parsing method that operates without prior sentence comprehension, with the potential of rendering syntactic processing meaningful in sentence comprehension for Chinese English learners.
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Xu, Jiapeng · Figshare · 2024
In an NP + AdvP construction that is asymmetrical in word order cross Chinese and English, “one step forward” corresponding to “向前(forward)一(one)步(step)”, asymmetrical performance is observed between translating it from English to Chinese compared to from Chinese to English by Chinese English learners. This current study then conducts an empirical experiment and statistical analysis based on six NP + AdjP/AdvP constructions of this kind, 1. confirming that Chinese English learners demonstrate much higher correctness rate and confidence in translating such constructions from English to Chinese compared to from Chinese to English and 2. revealing that the adoption of chunk strategy has no muted effect on this translation asymmetry. A model to account for this asymmetric performance is described. Highly relying on semantic trial and error parsing by Chinese English learners is recognized as a contributing factor. These findings highlight the potential for introducing novel parsing methods involving more syntactic processing, thereby enhancing translation levels for Chinese English learners, especially in Chinese-English translation.
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Xu, Jiapeng · Figshare · 2024
Parsing is thought to aid sentence comprehension and thus precede sentence comprehension. However, in understanding English sentences for Chinese English learners, sentence comprehension is often the prerequisite for parsing and consequently precedes syntactic processing. These processes represent an intriguing circular logic: parsing utilized to aid sentence comprehension operates after sentence comprehension. This shifts our interest from the conventional topic of the relative time course of syntactic and semantic processing in sentence comprehension among first language learners to a related but rarely directly discussed topic of the relative time course of syntactic processing and sentence comprehension among second language learners, specifically Chinese English learners. By elucidating this circular logic, we reveal and subsequently confirm through empirical experimental and statistical analysis from three perspectives that syntactic processing often ensues after sentence comprehension in Chinese English learners when understanding English sentences. This suggests that parsing often provides limited assistance in their understanding of English sentences. This pattern arises due to the heavy reliance of the parsing method on trial and error, leading to trial-caused delay. This study not only fills the theoretical gaps regarding the time course between syntactic processing and sentence comprehension among Chinese English learners but also lays a practical foundation for creating a novel parsing method that operates without prior sentence comprehension, with the potential of rendering syntactic processing meaningful in sentence comprehension for Chinese English learners.
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Xu, Jiapeng · Figshare · 2024
Parsing is thought to aid sentence comprehension and thus precede sentence comprehension. However, in understanding English sentences for Chinese English learners, sentence comprehension is often the prerequisite for parsing and consequently precedes syntactic processing. These processes represent an intriguing circular logic: parsing utilized to aid sentence comprehension operates after sentence comprehension. This shifts our interest from the conventional topic of the relative time course of syntactic and semantic processing in sentence comprehension among first language learners to a related but rarely directly discussed topic of the relative time course of syntactic processing and sentence comprehension among second language learners, specifically Chinese English learners. By elucidating this circular logic, we reveal and subsequently confirm through empirical experimental and statistical analysis from three perspectives that syntactic processing often ensues after sentence comprehension in Chinese English learners when understanding English sentences. This suggests that parsing often provides limited assistance in their understanding of English sentences. This pattern arises due to the heavy reliance of the parsing method on trial and error, leading to trial-caused delay. This study not only fills the theoretical gaps regarding the time course between syntactic processing and sentence comprehension among Chinese English learners but also lays a practical foundation for creating a novel parsing method that operates without prior sentence comprehension, with the potential of rendering syntactic processing meaningful in sentence comprehension for Chinese English learners.
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Xu, Jiapeng · Figshare · 2024
Sentence comprehension involves both semantic and syntactic processing. Previous evidence has demonstrated the relatively weaker neural response of syntax compared to semantics in sentence comprehension. This study further identifies syntax’s weaker role: its underutilization by Chinese learners of English in understanding English sentences. This current study conducts an empirical experiment comprising six sentences that are semantically ambiguous but syntactically unambiguous and six syntactically paired sentences that are both semantically and syntactically unambiguous. All the twelve sentences can be readily comprehended solely through syntactic processing. However, the results of statistical analysis demonstrate that Chinese learners of English exhibit inferior comprehension performance on sentences that are semantically ambiguous but syntactically unambiguous compared to their paired counterparts. This revelation indicates that Chinese learners of English have a preference for semantic processing and a bias against syntactic processing in understanding English sentences, suggesting an underutilization of syntactic processing. This current study subsequently identifies two categories of parsing underutilization: partial underutilization and complete underutilization. Further exploration of the reasons behind partial and complete underutilization led to the identification of trial and error leveraged in syntactic processing as a contributing factor. Consequently, this study lays a foundation for the development of a novel parsing method designed to fully integrate syntactic processing into sentence comprehension, thereby enhancing the level of English sentence comprehension for Chinese learners of English.
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Iris Berent · OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) · 2018
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Xu, Jiapeng · Figshare · 2024
构式语块与句法分析是中国学生习得英语的两个重要策略，各有优劣。本文针对这两个策略在习得prevent sb. from doing sth.构式过程中表现出的效果进行对比研究。结果发现：1.构式语块策略可以帮助学生迅速习得prevent sb. from doing sth.构式，但同时给学生留下与该构式相关的诸多困惑；2.句法分析策略需要学生具有一定句法规则储备才能习得该构式，但这个过程可使学生掌握该构式的本质并解释构式语块策略留下的各种困惑。根据这两种策略的优劣，本研究组织了一项基于100名被试的实证研究。经描述性、显著性、效应量等多层级统计学分析推断得知：针对prevent sb. from doing sth.构式的习得，1.在综合考虑简洁性和解释性的情况下，与构式语块策略相比被试更倾向于句法分析策略；2.在综合考虑构式语块策略和句法分析策略的情况下，与策略简洁性相比被试更注重策略解释性。语言习得策略多样，各有千秋。本研究为习得prevent sb. from doing sth.构式提供了一条值得借鉴的增效路径。
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Dong Kee Jang (11740556), Dong-Won Ahn (10331721), Kook Lae Lee (8935970) et al. · Figshare · 2021
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Joseph C. Toscano (4026953), Cheyenne M. Toscano (10189369) · Figshare · 2021
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Zárate Martínez, Oscar · Figshare · 2024
.rda file with- AMF_Y: Community matrix with sites and OTU- AMF_C: Taxonomy of OTU from MaarjAM- X: Site measured soil chemistry and extracted elevation from Estonian Land board- surround: digitalized non field areas around fields
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Marie N. S. Gendy (5797325), Shannon Remers (17715945), Jean Costello (9234449) et al. · Figshare · 2024
<div><p>Patients diagnosed with concurrent disorders (CD)—comorbid substance use disorder with other psychiatric conditions—experience poorer clinical outcomes, and significant gaps remain in defining the optimal care path for treating CD. Toward this goal, the primary aim of this study was to characterize individual differences in substance use and psychiatric symptomology in an inpatient clinical sample using a person-centred approach. Admission assessment data from a private inpatient service treating mental disorders, substance use, and concurrent disorders was used (n = 177). Latent profile analysis (LPA) was performed to classify individuals into statistically distinct latent profiles based on their psychiatric symptoms and polysubstance use as covariates. LPA revealed four profiles. Profile 1 (20%) was identified as having low SUD and low psychiatric disorders, profile 2 (65%) was identified as having low SUD and high psychiatric disorders, profile 3 (8%) was characterized as high substance use and moderate psychiatric disorders and profile 4 (7%) was identified as the high SUD and high psychiatric disorders. The participants in the two profiles endorsing high SUDs, Profiles 3 and 4, showed significantly higher impulsivity in terms of higher positive urgency sensation-seeking scores compared to the other profiles and the highest use of cocaine/stimulants than the other two. Identifying clinical heterogeneity by classifying individuals into distinct profiles is a first step toward designing more targeted and personalized interventions in clinically complex inpatient populations.</p></div>
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Grethe Lauritzen (2184673), Trond Nordfjærn (4434403) · Figshare · 2018
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Fu-Wen Liang (548885), Wenyaw Chan (490833), Ping-Jen Chen (3091167) et al. · Figshare · 2016
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Rongstock, Rebecca · Figshare · 2025
The presence of multiple global change factors affects most ecosystems, especially urban soils, which face stressors like heat, drought, road salt, nitrogen deposition, surfactants, microplastics, and heavy metals. These factors are often studied in isolation or in pairs, leaving their combined effects poorly understood. Importantly, understanding how removing a single factor impacts an ecosystem amidst multiple stressors is crucial for effective restoration.We explored this through a subtractive design, comparing single-factor treatments (addition) to treatments where a specific factor was removed (subtraction). The results varied: salinity had predominantly negative effects, warming had positive effects, and drought had mixed effects as single factors. However, removing these factors from a multi-factor context generally improved soil properties and biological processes. Microplastics and surfactants enhanced microbial activity individually but showed no such benefit in multi-factor scenarios.Our findings highlight that the combined effects of factors often differ from their individual impacts. In restoration, priority should be given to mitigating factors with the strongest negative influence in multi-stressor contexts, rather than targeting those with significant isolated effects. This approach can better address the complexities of global change in ecosystems.
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Suree Khemthong (19286579), Pramote Luenam (19286582), Till D. Frank (13267734) et al. · Figshare · 2024
<div><p>The study examined the determinants that affect tourism receipts in Thailand. To this end, quarterly data from eight main provinces of Thailand from the period 2015–2019 were used and constituted a repeated measures design. Accordingly, a generalized linear mixed model was applied for developing two different random intercept models by treating 1) province, and 2) a combination of province and calendar quarter as cluster-specific effects. It was found that determinants that increased tourism receipts were the number of visitors, the average cost per day, the length of stay of visitors, the presence of low-cost airlines, and a relatively low offence rate. Moreover, an increase in the number of visitors in the fourth quarter produced a higher amount of additional receipts as compared to a similar increase in the first quarter. Specifically, for Thailand attracting high-spending tourists and extending tourist visas for more than 30 days is recommended. Beyond Thailand, uncovering interaction effects as described above may help tourism agencies to focus their limited resources on the determinants that matter.</p></div>
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