徐承萍
XU Chengping

• 1:天津师范大学

摘要(Abstract)：

时间结构与英语时态表征的关系反映概念加工与语法结构的认知连接特点。本研究通过英语时间结构启动实验，检验时间结构启动和时间定位对英语学习者叙事时态表征的影响。结果显示：1）时间结构启动对英语叙事时态表征影响显著，且外显时间结构的启动作用比内隐时间结构更明显；2）定位现在与定位过去的时间视角差异对叙事时态表征影响不显著，虽然现在时表征在基准启动下比过去时有优势，但时间结构启动会调节时间定位偏好。研究表明，时间结构启动有利于时间概念加工与英语叙事时态的认知连接，时间结构的加工深度是制约英语叙事时态表征的重要因素，而时间定位的影响具有相对动态性。
The relationship between temporal structures and English tense representations reflects patterns of cognitive connectivity between conceptual processing and grammatical structure. This study conducted temporal structure priming experiments to examine the effects of temporal structure priming and time orientation on tense representations in narratives by English learners. The results showed that: 1) the influence of temporal structure priming on the tense representation in English narratives was significant, with the effect of explicit structures exceeding that of implicit ones; 2) the effects of past orientation and present orientation on the tense representation in narratives were not significantly different, and although the present orientation notably outperformed the past orientation in baseline priming, temporal structure priming moderated the preference for the present orientation. The study concludes that priming of temporal structures facilitates cognitive connectivity between temporal conceptual processing and tense representations in English narratives, and that the depth of temporal structure processing is one of the key factors constraining such representations. Furthermore, the effect of time orientation exhibits a dynamic nature.

关键词(KeyWords)： 英语时态表征;时间结构启动;时间定位
English tense representation;temporal structure priming;time orientation

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基金项目(Foundation): 王文斌主持的北京外国语大学北京高校高精尖学科“外语教育学”建设项目（2020SYLZDXMO11）资助

作者(Author): 徐承萍
XU Chengping

DOI: 10.19923/j.cnki.fltr.2026.04.009

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• 1时态变化存在特殊情况，不规则变化受联想记忆制约（Ullman 2001b）。2英语主要有过去和现在两类时态，表“将来”的语法形式具有情态词汇（如will）的特点，暂不考虑。