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Lena V Kremin1, Amel Jardak1, Casey Lew-Williams2
1Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. West, PY-033, Montréal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada.
概括
双语儿童在遇到名词前的代码切换时没有显示任何处理成本. 这项研究表明,代码切换器中的功能信息有助于双语句子处理.
科学领域:
- 心理语言学 心理语言学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 双语主义 是一种双语主义.
背景情况:
- 双语儿童经常遇到代码交换,混合两个语言的单词在句子中.
- 以前的研究表明,代码交换名词会导致处理成本和年轻双语者的理解能力下降.
- 然而,代码切换对其他语法点的影响仍未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 检查目标名词前面的代码切换,特别是确定词形容词短语的代码切换是否会导致双语儿童的处理成本.
- 在年轻的双语者中,将代码交换的句子与单语言句子的理解进行比较.
主要方法:
- 共有30名双语的37-48个月龄的儿童参加了这次活动.
- 参与者处理了包含代码交换的句子 (例如",le bon duck") 与单语言句子 ("好").
- 对象识别准确性被测量为两个类型的句子.
主要成果:
- 双语儿童准确地识别了目标对象,无论句子是否包含代码切换.
- 这一发现与之前的研究结果形成鲜明对比,这些研究表明代码交换名词的处理难度很大.
- 对于代码切换,在决定词-形容词层面上没有观察到重要的处理成本.
结论:
- 在确定词-形容词短语的代码切换不会妨碍幼双语儿童对象识别.
- 代码交换器传递的功能语言信息可能会促进,而不是阻碍双语发展中的句子处理.
- 未来的研究应该探索特定语言背景在双语句子处理中的作用.
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