在幼儿的数量,相关性和单词学习发展中的实用性,语言和认知因素推断
Elspeth Wilson1, Napoleon Katsos2
1Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK.
Journal of child language
|December 10, 2024
概括
儿童随着年龄的增长而发展出务实能力,在相关性和数量含义之前掌握了词汇学习. 语言技能预测了幼儿的务实发展.
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:
- 了解儿童的务实发展需要检查多种隐性类型和相关因素.
- 之前的研究还没有全面研究早期儿童中各种隐性特征类型的发育顺序.
研究的目的:
- 调查儿童对不同类型暗示的理解的发展轨迹.
- 探索幼儿实用能力与语言/认知因素之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 一个句子与图片匹配任务被用来评估71名英语说话的儿童 (年龄为3至5岁) 关于特设数量,标量数量和相关性含义,以及排除单词学习.
- 一项探索性分析检查了58名儿童的子集实用性表现的预测因素.
主要成果:
- 儿童的务实能力随着年龄的增长而得到改善.
- 首先是通过排除获得单词学习,其次是相关性和临时量含义,最后是标量量含义.
- 结构性语言知识预测了实用性表现,而社会经济地位和思想理论则没有 (对语言的控制).
结论:
- 为了在幼儿时代获得不同类型的暗示,存在着不同的发育顺序.
- 结构性语言知识是发展务实能力的关键因素.
- 进一步的研究应该探索推动这种发展模式的语言和非语言因素.
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