一项关于中国儿童隐喻理解发展的实证研究
Lulu Cheng1,2, Yingming Guan3, Ting Zhang4
1Shanghai Center for Research in English Language Education, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China.
Frontiers in psychology
|January 23, 2024
概括
孩子 孩子 孩子 孩子
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 语言学的语言学.
- 认知科学 认知科学
背景情况:
- 隐喻理解对于儿童的语言发展和认知处理至关重要.
- 了解儿童如何发展解释比喻语言的能力,对于教育和临床应用至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究5-8岁的中国儿童的隐喻理解的发展轨迹.
- 在处理比喻和字面句子时识别与年龄相关的差异.
- 探索语言发展和认知处理对隐喻解释的影响.
主要方法:
- 收集了对具有不同突出性的隐喻和字面句子的响应时间和准确率.
- 利用线性混合效应建模来分析与年龄相关的理解变化.
- 在不同年龄组 (5,6,7和8岁) 中检查了表现.
主要成果:
- 中国儿童的隐喻理解随着年龄的增长而显著改善.
- 确定了不同的发育阶段:感知 (5岁),发育 (6-7岁) 和理性决策 (8岁).
- 八岁的孩子表现出了低度隐喻的高效处理,而5岁的孩子表现出了高度隐喻.
结论:
- 儿童理解比喻的能力通过不同的发育阶段进化.
- 语言和认知因素在隐喻理解中发挥着重要作用.
- 这些发现可能会为有特殊需求的儿童,包括自闭症谱系障碍的干预提供信息.
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