抽象的なイベント表現を構築するには,言語モデルが必要ですか?
Irene Canudas-Grabolosa1, Madeline Quam2, Marie Coppola2
1Harvard University, Department of Psychology, William James Hall, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Cognition
|February 13, 2026
まとめ
言語の習得は,イベントの概念を形成するために不可欠ではないかもしれません. 既存の言語を持たない場合でも,個人は2つの場所の関係に関する抽象的な表現を開発し,天生的認知能力を発揮することができます.
科学分野:
- コグニティブ・サイエンス コグニティブ・サイエンス
- 発達心理学の心理学について
- 言語学 言語学とは
背景:
- 認知発達における重要な議論は,言語が単に既存の出来事の概念を表現するか,それともその形成を積極的に形作るかである.
- 新興の研究では,一般的な2つの場所の関係 (例えば",猫はウサギを押す") のような抽象的な概念は,その表現のために言語的構造 (トランジティブ文) に曝露することが必要である可能性があることを示唆しています.
- これにより,言語習得がこれらの基本的なイベント概念の構築において重要な役割を果たす可能性が高まります.
研究 の 目的:
- この研究では,正式な言語に触れていない個人 (成人ホームシグナー) が,一般的な2つの場所の関係の抽象的な表現を構築できるかどうかを調査しました.
- この研究は,これらのイベント概念の開発に言語が必要であるという仮説を検証することを目的とした.
主な方法:
- 大人ホームシグナーと英語を話す5歳児は,非言語的模倣作業に参加しました.
- 参加者は,一般的なイベントの3つのインスタンスを観察し,その後,フィギュアを使って新しいイベントインスタンスを実行するよう促されました.
- パフォーマンスは,イベント内のオブジェクトロールの正確なマッピングに基づいて評価され,ホームシグナーと子供のグループを比較しました.
主要な成果:
- 大人のホームシグナーと5歳の子供の両方が,2人の参加者の条件で2つの場所の一般的な関係を成功裏に表現しました.
- 参加者は一貫して,イベントにおけるそれぞれの役割に適切なフィギュアをマッピングしました.
- ホームシグナーと英語を話す子供のグループ,またさまざまなイベントタイプにわたって有意な違いは見つかりませんでした.
結論:
- アダルトホームシグナーには,イベントコンセプトにおけるロール・バインディングに必要な表現能力があります.
- 一般的な2つの場所の関係に関する抽象的な表現は,既存の言語や確立された言語的慣習への曝露とは無関係に現れる可能性があります.
- これらの発見は,言語が基本的なイベント概念の構築の前提条件であるという概念に異議を唱える.
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