了解方言差异如何塑造AAE说话的儿童如何实时处理句子
Arynn S Byrd1, Yi Ting Huang1,2,3, Jan Edwards1,3
1Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, Maryland.
Seminars in speech and language
|July 2, 2025
概括
与主流美国英语 (MAE) 发言者相比,非洲裔美国英语 (AAE) 发言者在处理英语句子方面表现出差异. 语言不匹配会影响孩子在实时句子理解中如何解释动词形态.
科学领域:
- 心理语言学 心理语言学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 社会语言学 社会语言学
背景情况:
- 语言的方言差异,特别是非洲裔美国人英语 (AAE) 和主流美国人英语 (MAE) 之间的差异,影响儿童的句子理解.
- 实时句子处理研究提供了对这些方言差异背后的认知机制的见解.
研究的目的:
- 调查说AAE和MAE的儿童如何处理特定的语法特征,重点关注辅助动词"was"和"were".
- 通过比较AAE和MAE说话的儿童之间的眼睛跟踪数据来检查动词形态的实时解释.
主要方法:
- 利用眼睛追踪来监控孩子们在句子展开时的时刻对句子的解释.
- 通过方言密度和接受词汇量测量,评估了59名儿童 (年龄为7-11岁).
- 在MAE中呈现了单数或模两可的主题的句子,并测量了眼睛向单数或复数引用的运动.
主要成果:
- 在句子处理过程中,使用AAE语言的儿童对"曾经"和"曾经"表现出敏感性.
- 与MAE说话者相比,AAE说话者不太可能使用"was"来调整对复数引用者的预测.
- 非洲裔美国儿童的方言密度较高与在句子处理过程中对"是"的敏感性更大相关.
结论:
- AAE和MAE之间的语言差异影响了儿童如何实时更新他们对句子的解释.
- 这项研究强调了语言不匹配对对比动词形态处理的影响.
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