婴儿语言环境中的单词形式变化及其对早期单词学习的影响
Charlotte Moore1, Elika Bergelson2
1Concordia University, Canada; Duke University, United States of America.
Cognition
|February 3, 2024
概括
学习英语的婴儿会遇到同一个名词的各种单词形式,挑战一对一的标签假设. 这种单词形式的变化,包括单词玩法,与早期单词学习中的早期单词获取有关.
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:
- 早期的单词学习研究通常假定在英语中的对象和标签之间进行一对一的映射.
- 这种假设简化了婴儿对现实世界语言输入的复杂性.
研究的目的:
- 调查婴儿自然主义语言输入中的词形变化.
- 为了确定这种变化是否会影响英语早期词汇获取的速度.
主要方法:
- 分析了44名英语学习婴儿的婴儿导向演讲的纵向语料库.
- 将词形变化分类为参考变化的变化和单词玩法.
- 检查了词形变体的频率和组成.
主要成果:
- 婴儿遇到显著的词形变化 (例如,狗,狗,狗).
- 对于早期学习的,高频率的,较短的单词,单词玩法变体是常见的.
- 单词形态变化较高的单词更早地被学习,独立于单词的频率.
结论:
- 婴儿的现实世界英语输入并不以严格的一对一映射为特征.
- 单词形式的变化,特别是单词玩法,在加速早期单词学习方面发挥着作用.
- 调查结果使英语与形态上更丰富的语言在词汇学习复杂性方面保持一致.
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