双语不会阻碍唐氏综合症患者的语法发展:来自句子重复任务的证据
Alexandra Perovic1, Katie Levy2, Inès Aertsen3
1Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)
|June 26, 2025
概括
患有唐氏综合征的双语儿童表现出与单语者类似的语法挑战,但可能会从形态丰富的家庭语言中受益,这表明双语输入是有益的.
科学领域:
- 语言学的语言学.
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 特殊教育 特殊教育
背景情况:
- 对学习障碍儿童的双语和语言发展的研究是有限的.
- 由于异质性和缺乏工具,对残疾双语儿童进行语言评估具有挑战性.
研究的目的:
- 调查双语与唐氏综合征单语儿童的语法能力.
- 探索双语对这群人的语法发展的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用LITMUS句子重复任务的试点研究.
- 招募了10名患有唐氏综合征的儿童 (5名双语,5名单语),年龄在5-8岁.
- 比较语法能力,专注于遗漏和复杂的结构.
主要成果:
- 这两组都产生了许多非语法重复,省略了动词比名词更多,功能词比内容词更多.
- 双语儿童说语言丰富的语言表现出较少的困难,一些功能词和复杂的结构.
- 在这个群体中,句子重复任务在评估表达式语法方面使用率有限.
结论:
- 双语不会阻碍唐氏综合征儿童的语法发展.
- 不鼓励双语输入;在形态上丰富的家庭语言可能会提供特定的语法支持.
- 需要进一步研究双语对语法形态和复杂语法的好处.
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