儿童在印度语中学习 ergative case 标记,使用统计先验和句子级语义 (意向性):从可接受性判断和与儿童和成年人进行的产品研究中获得的证据
Ramya Maitreyee1, Gaurav Saxena2, Bhuvana Narasimhan3
1School of Health and Social Care,, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ, UK.
Open research Europe
|September 1, 2023
概括
儿童通过跟踪动词频率和动作意向来学习印度语的动作标记. 这种统计和语义学习有助于掌握充满异常的语言系统.
科学领域:
- 语言学的语言学.
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 认知科学 认知科学
背景情况:
- 儿童获得例外的半正规语法系统是一个关键的研究问题.
- 印度语的ergative ne标记系统也面临着类似的挑战,在过去时代的过渡动词主题中出现了例外.
- 了解儿童是如何学习新标记规则和例外的,至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查儿童如何学习印度语的动作性新标记系统.
- 确定统计学学习和语义因素在获取语法例外中的作用.
- 为了比较儿童和成人的学习策略.
主要方法:
- 使用可接受性判断和产生的生产任务进行了两项研究.
- 参与者包括4-10岁的儿童和成年人.
- 分析了关于ne标记频率和语义上下文的语言数据.
主要成果:
- 所有年龄组都表现出统计偏好,更倾向于对高频动词进行新标记.
- 儿童和成年人都对句子级语义表现出敏感性,他们更喜欢为故意行为标记ne.
- 在一些任务和年龄组中观察到动词级语义效应.
结论:
- 充满异常系统的语言学习依赖于统计模式 (动词逐动词学习) 和语义线索.
- 儿童和成年人利用统计先验和句级语义来掌握复杂的语法规则.
- 研究结果支持语言学习中的统计和语义学习的双重机制.
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