英语模式结构的获取:基于语料库的分析
Kimberley Bell1, Silke Brandt2, Elena Lieven1
1ESRC International Centre for Language and Communicative Development (LuCiD), School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester.
Journal of child language
|May 29, 2023
概括
孩子们更容易学习频繁的模态和它们的含义. 在输入辅助语言学习中,一致的形式-功能映射,但含义较少的模态并不加速学习.
科学领域:
- 语言学的语言学.
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 语言获取 语言获取
背景情况:
- 英语的模态系统呈现出复杂的许多对一个和一个对许多的形式-函数映射.
- 基于使用的理论强调了输入在语言学习中的作用,但往往忽视了形式-功能映射效应.
- 调查输入特征如何影响语言形式的获取至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定护理人员语言中一致的形式-功能映射是否有助于幼儿获得英语模态动词.
- 分析输入特征的影响,如形式-功能映射频率和模态表示的功能数量,在获取上.
- 采用对输入和子特征的方法控制来隔离形式-功能映射的影响.
主要方法:
- 对两个密集的母婴体的分析,重点关注3岁和4岁的儿童.
- 检查输入特征:模式形式频率,形式-功能映射频率,以及每个模式的函数数量.
- 对其他输入方面 (如表单频率) 和儿童特征 (如年龄) 应用创新控制.
主要成果:
- 儿童更有可能产生模态动词和形式-功能映射,这些动词在他们的输入中经常出现.
- 在照顾者语言中功能较少的模态动词并没有显著地促进儿童对它们的学习.
- 模态形式的输入频率及其对函数的特定映射都对获取产生了积极的影响.
结论:
- 研究结果支持基于使用的语言学习方法,强调输入频率的作用.
- 输入中的一致和频繁的形式-功能映射是模态动词获取的重要促进者.
- 这项研究强调了在研究语言学习中的输入-发展关系时需要严格的方法控制.
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