近年來許多相關事件腦電位(Event-Related Brain Potentials，簡稱ERPs)的研究在探討句子的論旨角色相關性/生命性違反時腦部的運作情形。本研究以ERP觀察華閩雙語人對於語句中論旨角色語義成分違反時，大腦運作的變化。實驗的受試者為慣用右手的華閩雙語成年人，每位受試者都分別進行華語和閩南語語句聽覺測驗，並針對語句的正確性做按鍵判斷。
從ERPs的實驗結果分析，有以下發現：
(1)華語主動述補句語句中主語違反論旨角色相關性，會在受試者的腦波中觀察到 P600。
(2)華語主動述補句語句中主語違反論旨角色生命性，會在受試者的腦波中觀察到 P600。
(3)閩南語主動述補句語句中主語違反論旨角色相關性，會在受試者的腦波中觀察到 N400。
(4)閩南語主動述補句語句中主語違反論旨角色生命性，會在受試者的腦波中觀察到 N400。

In this study, we used behavioral experiment and event-related potentials to see the changes of the brain when Mandarin- Taiwanese bilinguals hear semantics relation /animacy ingredients violate thematic role sentences. All participants were right-handed adults who hear Mandarin and Taiwanese sentences in which the different order of the existential sentences and for the correctness of the statement made key judgments.
Result of the study:
(1) In Mandarin Chinese, non-thematic role violated verbs preceded by unrelated contexts and animate NPs evoked P600 effects.
(2) In Mandarin Chinese, thematically violated verbs preceded by inanimate argument NPs evoked P600 effects.
(3) In Taiwanese, non-thematic role violated verbs preceded by unrelated contexts and animate NPs evoked N400 effects.
(4) In Taiwanese, thematically violated verbs preceded by inanimate argument NPs evoked N400 effects.

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