在婴儿时期的话语参考词
1Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences, Brown University.
Psychological review
|February 10, 2025
概括
人类婴儿使用"话语参考",与沟通相关的表示,而不仅仅是感知,将单词与对象联系起来. 这允许理解"正在讨论的实体",即使在不可见的情况下.
科学领域:
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 语言学的语言学.
背景情况:
- 人类婴儿在第一年就有能力将概念描述与对象联系起来.
- 了解这种早期语言对象关联背后的认知机制对于发育研究至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 探索认知架构,使婴儿能够将概念描述与对象联系起来.
- 提出并研究"话语参考人"作为早期沟通中的关键代表形式的作用.
主要方法:
- 审查来自发育心理学的证据,以确定婴儿话语参考标准.
- 分析婴儿在沟通上下文中代表实体的认知能力.
主要成果:
- 婴儿在沟通情节中创建实体的表现,从共享话语视角编码.
- 即使实体在感知上不可用或被取代时,这些表示也可以持续存在.
结论:
- 婴儿可以代表"正在讨论中的实体",而不仅仅是"地点上的实体".
- 早期的概念描述主要是由这些基于话语的表征引起的,并应用于这些表征.
- 成功的参考沟通涉及将感知对象表示与话语引用对齐.
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