翻译等效在双语词语学习中的作用
Alvin W M Tan1, Virginia A Marchman1, Michael C Frank1
1Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
Developmental science
|January 16, 2024
概括
年幼的双语儿童在知道翻译等价词 (TEs) 时更快地学习单词,特别是如果单词听起来很相似. 这表明TE可以帮助孩子跨语言的单词学习.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 语言学的语言学.
- 双语主义 是一种双语主义.
背景情况:
- 双语环境需要学习翻译等价词 (TEs),这些词在不同语言中具有共同含义.
- 了解TE学习发展提供了对双语儿童词汇获取机制的见解.
- 之前的研究受到了词汇大小的限制,混了与年龄相关的TE学习.
研究的目的:
- 调查翻译等效如何影响幼儿双语儿童的词语学习.
- 为了控制词汇大小的混,使用项目级别分析.
- 检查语音相似性和词汇类别对TE学习的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用了对419名双语儿童 (英语-西班牙语,英语-法语) 的沟通发展库存数据的项目级分析.
- 模拟了知道一个词和知道其翻译等价之间的关系.
- 对特定物品的年龄轨迹进行控制,以隔离TEs的影响.
主要成果:
- 知道一个翻译相当的词,显著增加了知道一个词的可能性.
- 这种效应在年幼的儿童和声学上相似的TE中更为明显.
- 结果在数据集中一致,但根据词汇类别有所不同.
结论:
- 翻译等效作为双语儿童早期单词学习的启动机制.
- 语音相似性和年龄是调节TE益处的关键因素.
- 双语儿童利用一种语言的知识来加速对另一种语言的学习.
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