发音的平均长度:研究了四种南班图语言的早期语言发展
Heather Brookes1, Patricia Makaure1, Sefela Yalala1
1Department of General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Journal of child language
|February 8, 2024
概括
形态表达式中的平均发音长度 (MLU) (MLU3-m) 有效地衡量了南班图语言中复杂的语言发展. 这种基于单词的测量 (MLU3-w) 也与年龄和语言成长有关.
科学领域:
- 语言学的语言学.
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 儿童语言获取 儿童语言获取
背景情况:
- 发言的平均长度 (MLU) 是儿童语言发展的标准指标.
- 它的适用性在形态复杂的语言,如南班图语言,是不太了解.
- 聚合性语言对传统的MLU分析提出了独特的挑战.
研究的目的:
- 评估MLU变体在衡量南班图语言语言发展中的有效性.
- 为了比较基于词的 (MLU3-w) 和基于形态的 (MLU3-m) 措施.
- 评估MLU对跟踪语法和词汇增长的有用性.
主要方法:
- 分析了448名幼儿 (16-32个月) 的发言,使用麦克阿瑟-贝茨沟通发育清单.
- 使用了修改后的MLU测量方法,MLU3,专注于三个最长的儿童发言.
- 在单词 (MLU3-w) 和形态词 (MLU3-m) 中计算了MLU3.
主要成果:
- MLU3-w和MLU3-m与孩子的年龄和其他语言发展指标有显著的相关性.
- MLU3的测量解释了语言发展的显著差异,特别是形态合成.
- 与MLU3-w.相比,MLU3-m表现出更高的灵敏度.
结论:
- MLU3,特别是用形态词来衡量时,是评估形态学复杂语言语言发展的宝贵工具.
- 基于形态的MLU在这些情况下提供了对语言增长的更细致的理解.
- MLU3-m补充了南班图语言的现有语言评估工具.
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