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The acquisition of temporal reference cross-linguistically using two acting-out comprehension tasks.

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  • 1MARCS Auditory Laboratories, University of Western Sydney, Bankstown Campus, Locked Bag 1797, South Penrith Distribution Centre, NSW 1797, Australia. h.winskel@uws.edu.au

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
|September 14, 2004
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This study explored how children acquire temporal event referencing using connectives like "then" and "since" in English, Thai, and Lisu. Task complexity influenced Lisu children

Area of Science:

  • Developmental psycholinguistics
  • Cross-linguistic studies of language acquisition

Background:

  • Temporal connectives are crucial for understanding event sequences.
  • Acquisition of temporal language varies across languages and tasks.
  • Previous studies show disparities in the order of acquiring temporal relations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the acquisition of temporal event referencing in English, Thai, and Lisu.
  • To examine the role of task complexity in understanding temporal connectives.
  • To identify language-general and language-specific patterns in temporal language acquisition.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized two acting-out comprehension tasks (Marble and Toy) with varying cognitive loads.
  • Assessed 40 children aged 3.6-7.6 years in each language (English, Thai, Lisu).

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  • Analyzed performance based on temporal connectives (then, before, after, when, while, together, until, since).

    • Main Results:

    • Language-general effects: 'then' and 'together' acquired early; 'since' acquired late.
    • Task manipulation affected performance significantly in Lisu children.
    • Language-specific acquisition patterns observed in Thai and Lisu children.

    Conclusions:

    • Task characteristics and test sentence complexity influence children's comprehension of temporal relations.
    • Findings help explain variations in temporal language acquisition order across studies.
    • Cross-linguistic research is vital for understanding universal and specific aspects of language development.