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Indexed by: Journal Article

Date of Publication: 2017-02-15

Journal: 外国语文研究

Issue: 01

Page Number: 17-31

ISSN: 1003-6822

Key Words: Embodied Cognition;Mental Simulation;Motor Processing;Foreign Language Comprehension

Abstract: Embodied Language Comprehension Theory claims that language is grounded in bodily activity and meaning is grounded in sensory motor system in modality.This study aims to examine whether EFL(English as a Foreign Language)learners triggered Action-Sentence Compatibility Effect(ACE)during sentence comprehension.The English sentences including concrete and abstract verbs are taken as stimuli.Reaction time and accuracy rate of the participants were collected as the experimental data.Two groups of students with d