幼稚園児の言語理解の非成人の可能性
Ailís Cournane1, Anouk Dieuleveut2, Chiara Repetti-Ludlow3
1Department of Linguistics, New York University.
Developmental psychology
|September 2, 2025
まとめ
幼稚園児は"できる"を"可能性"として理解しますが "しなければならない"を"可能性"として扱うことで 概念的ではなく 単語の学習がモダル動詞を理解する上で 課題となるのです
科学分野:
- 言語学
- 発達心理学
- 認知科学
背景:
- 子供が"できる"や"しなければならない"といった モダルの動詞を理解することは 言語の発達に不可欠です
- 過去の研究によると 子どもたちは"できる"という可能性と比べて "しなければならない"という必要性に 苦しんでいます
- 現存する研究ではしばしば認識的様式を用いており,これは子供の典型的な言語暴露を反映していない可能性があります.
研究 の 目的:
- 英語を話す幼稚園児のモダルフォースの理解を調査し,特に"can" (可能性) と"have to" (必要性) を調べる.
- 子供のモダルフォースの難しさは概念的制限や単語学習の課題に起因するかどうかを調べる
- 子供向けスピーチにおいてより一般的であるテレオロジック (目標指向) モダリティを用いてモダルの理解を検証する.
主な方法:
- イギリスの子供たちに2つの実験が行われました.
- 参加者は,テレオロギー的な文脈で"できる"と"しなければならない"というモダル動詞の理解をテストしました.
- 文型には肯定文と否定文が含まれていた.
主要な成果:
- 幼稚園児は"できる"という言葉を 大人のように理解しています
- 肯定的な文と否定的な文の両方で,モダルの可能性としてモダルの必要性を扱った.
- システム上の誤りは 幼い子供たちが 必要なモデルを処理するパターンを示しています
結論:
- 幼稚園児のモダルフォースの難しさ,特に"しなければならない"は,概念的欠陥ではなく,単語学習の課題に起因する可能性があります.
- 幼い子どもは最初は 必要なモダルを 可能なモダルとして学びます
- 発見は子供のモダルの理解に関する既存の概念的な説明に挑戦しています.
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