性别-cue强度的细粒度差异影响儿童的预测处理:俄语和保加利亚语的跨语言证据
Tanya Ivanova-Sullivan1, Natalia Meir2, Irina A Sekerina3
1Department of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Languages and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Journal of experimental child psychology
|February 17, 2024
概括
不同于俄罗斯儿童,保加利亚儿童使用形容词的性别线索来预测即将到来的名词. 这突显了语言学习和性别处理的跨语言差异.
科学领域:
- 发展心理语言学
- 语言学比较学 语言学比较
- 儿童语言习得 儿童语言习得
背景情况:
- 俄语和保加利亚语有三个语法性别.
- 这些密切相关的斯拉夫语言在形容词的性别暗示特征上有所不同.
- 了解儿童如何处理语法性别是语言学习研究的关键.
研究的目的:
- 研究幼儿学习俄语和保加利亚语的预测性性别协议处理.
- 为了比较儿童如何使用基于形容词的性别线索来预测名词.
- 探索语言特征对早期获得性别协议的影响.
主要方法:
- 利用视觉世界眼睛跟踪范式与45名年龄在4~6岁的儿童.
- 监测眼睛的运动,以根据先前的形容词性别线索来评估名词预测.
- 俄语和保加利亚语儿童之间的比较处理模式.
主要成果:
- 保加利亚儿童使用性别线索展示了即将到来的名词的预测处理.
- 俄罗斯儿童没有基于形容词性别表现出相同的预测行为.
- 眼睛跟踪数据显示,名词预测的时间和程度存在差异.
结论:
- 语言中性别线索的强度和类型会影响儿童的预测处理.
- 性别系统的跨语言差异影响语言学习策略.
- 对比方法对于理解类型学上相似的语言的语言学习至关重要.
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