在多语言的加纳 (非洲) 长大的婴儿中,母音和的偏好
Paul Okyere Omane1, Titia Benders2, Natalie Boll-Avetisyan1
1Department of Linguistics, University of Potsdam.
Developmental psychology
|July 8, 2024
概括
加纳的六个月大的婴儿表现出对高级舌根 (ATR) 和的敏感性,这是母音和 (VH) 的关键特征. 这表明早期的多语言接触不会阻碍,而且可能支持婴儿的语音模式识别.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 语言学的语言学.
- 婴儿语言获取 婴儿语言获取
背景情况:
- 音符和 (VH) 是一个音声学约束,其中单词中的音符共享特征.
- 以前的研究表明,婴儿的VH偏好是语言特异性的,在6个月的VH语言的单语者中观察到.
- 多语言和未被充分研究的语言在早期声学发展中的作用仍然不太了解.
研究的目的:
- 调查加纳多语言婴儿对高级舌根 (ATR) 和的敏感性.
- 测试一个假设,即暴露在ATR和语言和非和语言中的婴儿会表现出ATR敏感性.
- 探索多语言接触对早期声学模式识别的影响.
主要方法:
- 研究涉及加纳40名6个月大的多语言婴儿学习阿肯语 (ATR和语言) 和其他语言.
- 用于测量倾听偏好的中央固定程序.
- 婴儿在ATR和 (和与非和) 方面呈现不同的非语法非词.
主要成果:
- 婴儿表现出一种熟悉的偏好,倾听和音节序的时间比非和音节序的时间更长.
- 对ATR和语言的敏感性观察到,无论接触ATR和语言的程度如何.
- 多语言婴儿对VH的早期敏感性与单语言婴儿学习VH语言的早期敏感性相似.
结论:
- 加纳的多语种婴儿早就表现出对高级舌根 (ATR) 和的敏感性.
- 同时接触非和语言不会阻碍ATR和敏感性的发展.
- 研究结果强调了研究婴儿语言学习在多种多语言环境中的重要性,特别是在非洲.
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