在早期的双语表达词汇发展过程中,熟人比非熟人有优势
Lori Mitchell1, Rachel Ka-Ying Tsui1, Krista Byers-Heinlein1
1Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Journal of child language
|December 13, 2023
概括
双语儿童学习单词更快,当他们听起来类似的跨语言 (cognates). 这项研究发现,双语幼儿产生了更多的表亲,并且比非表亲更快地学习它们,帮助早期的词汇量增长.
科学领域:
- 心理语言学 心理语言学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 双语主义 是一种双语主义.
背景情况:
- 双语者为大多数概念学习两个单词,称为翻译等价词.
- 联名词是翻译等价词,在不同语言中听起来很相似 (例如,香-香).
- 之前的研究表明,双语者更容易处理和命名相关词.
研究的目的:
- 调查是否相关的生产在早期双语词汇开发中提供了优势.
- 检查语音重叠在双语词汇获取中的作用.
- 评估同族对幼双语儿童词汇获取率的影响.
主要方法:
- 从47名英法双语儿童收集了长度表达词汇数据.
- 数据收集范围从16-20个月到27个月.
- 在英语和法语两种语言中,共进行了219个月的词汇管理.
主要成果:
- 双语儿童的词汇中,相比于非双语儿童的词汇中,有较高比例的亲属词.
- 在产生一个单词和其翻译等价物之间的时间滞后对于相关词 (约. 10-15天) 的时间.
- 语音上的相似性似乎促进了跨语言的单词学习.
结论:
- 认知学习在早期的双语词汇发展中得到了增强.
- 语音上的重叠支持在两个语言中更快地获取类似的单词.
- 这些发现突出了同族在双语词典中的促进作用.
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