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1Department of Psychology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
Child development
|August 18, 2023
概括
幼儿园儿童可以学会为所拥有的物体使用名称,即使这些名称在英语中并不典型. 这种语义概括能力在儿童早期的语言学习中发展起来.
科学领域:
- 认知发展 认知发展
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 语言学的语言学.
背景情况:
- 混词是一种常见的语言装置,相关术语代表一个对象或概念.
- 在英语中,将所有者的名字扩展到所拥有的物体是罕见的.
- 了解儿童如何获得新的语义概括是发展语言学的关键.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查说英语的学龄前儿童是否可以以代名词的方式将所有者的名字扩展到所拥有的物体.
- 为了确定这个语义概括是否被儿童和成年人同样获得.
- 检查获得非标准语言扩展的发展轨迹.
主要方法:
- 2021年,三项预先注册的实验与美国学龄前儿童 (4-6岁) 和成年人进行.
- 参与者进行了测试,以测试他们是否能够将名称扩展到自己拥有的对象,而不是重复或借来的对象.
- 包括效果大小 (d) 在内的统计分析被用来比较年龄组和条件之间的表现.
主要成果:
- 儿童 (5-6岁) 和成年人都将所有者的名字扩展到所拥有的对象的重复.
- 儿童 (5-6岁) 和成年人将所有者的名字扩展到所拥有的对象,而不是借来的对象.
- 四岁的孩子也表现出这种代名词扩展,表明了早期的获取.
结论:
- 讲英语的学龄前儿童可以获得新的语义概括,包括在他们的语言中不典型的代名词扩展.
- 这项研究提供了儿童语义概括的灵活性和早期发展的证据.
- 研究结果表明,儿童的语言学习并不局限于语言环境中明确存在的模式.
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