双语儿童在共享叙事宏观结构中表现出变化
Alejandro Granados Vargas1, Elizabeth D Peña1, Lisa M Bedore2
1School of Education, University of California, Irvine.
Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR
|October 22, 2024
概括
双语儿童表现出跨语言的共享叙事宏观结构,尽管词汇和特定故事元素的变化. 语言接触并没有显著影响宏观结构,这表明双语讲故事的基础组织是稳定的.
科学领域:
- 心理语言学 心理语言学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 双语研究 双语研究
背景情况:
- 叙事宏观结构在多语言个体中理论上是语言独立的.
- 了解双语儿童如何组织不同语言的故事对于教育和临床应用至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究西班牙语-英语双语儿童的叙事宏观结构,语言暴露和微观结构之间的关系.
- 检查当前语言暴露和微观结构如何影响双语叙事中的宏观结构组织.
- 探索儿童在英语故事和西班牙故事中选择的宏观结构元素的差异.
主要方法:
- 利用了62名二年级西班牙语-英语双语儿童的现有数据.
- 使用两个样本的t测试来比较英语和西班牙语的宏观结构和微观结构性能.
- 进行相关性和回归分析,以检查变量之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 儿童在英语和西班牙语中表现出类似的整体宏观结构使用,但在特定的子组件中存在差异.
- 与英语相比,西班牙语叙事中的词汇多样性更高.
- 除了西班牙语故事结构外,一般语言暴露和宏观结构之间没有发现显著的关系.
结论:
- 研究结果支持这样的说法:双语儿童的叙事宏观结构是跨语言共享的.
- 词汇多样性对于在宏观结构框架内表达思想至关重要.
- 双语儿童可能会在文化和语言方面做出明智的选择,以了解宏观结构的组成部分.
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