The Effect of Fuzzy Temporal Qualifiers on the Construction of Situation Models
Zhang Fen · Journal of Southwest University · 2011
In order to examine the effect of fuzzy temporal qualifiers on the construction of situation models,two studies were carried out.In Study 1 we explored the fuzziness of the Chinese temporal qualifiers using a method of fuzzy interval evaluation.In Study 2 the subjects were asked to read narrative texts and distinguish event boundaries.The results show that: 1) the selected Chinese temporal qualifiers have diverse fuzziness-grade;2) the temporal qualifiers have significant effects and interaction with the types of sentence transitions.It can be concluded that the temporal qualifiers are fuzzy to some degree,and the fuzzy temporal qualifiers have significant effects on the construction of situation models.