Global Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Abstract

Correlation Analysis between Verbal Intelligence and Chinese Relative Clause Processing

Wang Huili and Qu Shuang

The processing of relative clauses is influenced by many factors such as the complexity of syntax, and one’s working memory load and so on. This research makes a correlation analysis with an aim to discover the correlation between verbal intelligence and processing of Chinese relative clauses. The verbal intelligence test is conducted by the verbal scale of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. 96 stimuli sentences are used in the behavioral experiment of processing Chinese relative clauses. The experiment results showed a significant correlation between verbal intelligence and the processing of Chinese relative clauses, which indicates that both reaction time and accuracy of the processing of Chinese relative clauses are correlated with verbal intelligence quotient (VIQ). The findings of the experiment confirm the significant role of verbal intelligence levels that play in Chinese relative clause processing and the correlation between them.