臟話頻出的人詞匯量更大雙語(yǔ)研究

　　一項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，人們口吐臟話的詞頻或許就與其語(yǔ)言整體的流利度更高相關(guān)聯(lián)。下面是學(xué)習(xí)啦小編整理的雙語(yǔ)研究：臟話頻出的人詞匯量更大，歡迎大家閱讀!

　　一直以來(lái)人們都認(rèn)為滿嘴臟話的人詞匯量較小，現(xiàn)在該重新思量思量這句話了。事實(shí)上，一項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，人們口吐臟話的詞頻或許就與其語(yǔ)言整體的流利度更高相關(guān)聯(lián)。

　　It might be time to rethink the long-held belief that people with foul mouths have smaller lexicons. In fact, a study found, the number of a person drops might actually be correlated with greater overall language fluency.

　　Taking an opposite approach to the view that people who use dirty words do so because they're linguistically challenged, psychologists Kristin Jay and Timothy Jay of Marist College and the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts hypothesized that being fluent in four-letter words might just be a sign of better language skills.

　　都認(rèn)為說(shuō)臟話是因?yàn)樵~窮、語(yǔ)言水平差，來(lái)自瑪利斯特學(xué)院和馬薩諸塞文科學(xué)院的心理學(xué)家克里斯廷·杰和提姆斯·杰卻劍走偏鋒，他們假設(shè)認(rèn)為口吐臟字兒或許就標(biāo)志著其語(yǔ)言技能更好。

　　The researchers recruited study participants between the ages of 18 and 22, and asked them to do a fun little experiment: First, say as many swear words as they could think of in a minute, followed by another 60 seconds of listing animal names.

　　研究人員召集了18至22歲的參與者來(lái)做一項(xiàng)有趣的小實(shí)驗(yàn)。先是一分鐘內(nèi)能想到幾句罵人的話就說(shuō)幾句，接下來(lái)的60秒里列舉各種動(dòng)物名稱。

　　With limited variation between genders, people who cursed more also named more animals, leading them to conclude that these people either A) were more likely to be well-versed in zoology, or B) simply had larger vocabularies.

　　實(shí)驗(yàn)顯示男女差異并不大，罵得兇的動(dòng)物名字報(bào)的也多，杰因而得出如下結(jié)論：這些人對(duì)深諳動(dòng)物學(xué)，或者就是詞匯量偏大。

　　Researchers in the U.K. have already shown that using profanity can help people become more emotionally resilient; now we know that it might even be a sign they'll do better on the SAT.

　　英國(guó)的研究人員早已發(fā)現(xiàn)，污言穢語(yǔ)更有助人們恢復(fù)情感;現(xiàn)在我們得知語(yǔ)言不遜或許意味著他們參加(美國(guó))學(xué)業(yè)能力傾向測(cè)驗(yàn)?zāi)苋〉酶玫某煽?jī)。

　　The study also found that people who curse a lot seemed to understand the difference between whatconstitutes an "appropriate" curse word and an "inappropriate" one. Racial slurs appeared much less frequently in people's lists of swear words than "general pejoratives" .

　　研究同樣發(fā)現(xiàn)，臟字連篇者似乎也明白罵人的話有“合適”與“不當(dāng)”之別。比之“一般的貶損之辭”，種族污蔑之語(yǔ)鮮有出現(xiàn)在人們的臟話之列。

　　So the next time you lose your keys or get stuck in traffic, don't be afraid to start letting those f-bombs fly freely.

　　所以，下次你鑰匙掉了，或者碰到交通擁堵，就火力全開，讓臟話滿天飛吧。