We need a comparative approach to language acquisition: A commentary on Kidd and Garcia (2022)

IF 1.2 2区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

First Language Pub Date : 2022-05-13 DOI:10.1177/01427237221093847

Morten H. Christiansen, Pablo Contreras Kallens, F. Trecca

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Abstract

The study by Kidd and Garcia is long overdue. Their analyses of published research on language acquisition highlight the lack of typological diversity in studies of how children acquire their native tongue. We concur with their conclusion that more research on understudied languages is urgently needed. However, we argue that what the field needs is not just wider cross-linguistic coverage but a systematic comparative approach to language acquisition – one in which investigations of well-studied languages still has much to contribute.

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我们需要一种语言习得的比较方法：Kidd和Garcia（2022）评论

基德和加西亚的研究早该进行了。他们对已发表的语言习得研究的分析强调，在儿童如何习得母语的研究中缺乏类型多样性。我们同意他们的结论，即迫切需要对未被充分研究的语言进行更多研究。然而，我们认为，该领域需要的不仅仅是更广泛的跨语言覆盖，而是一种系统的语言习得比较方法——一种对研究得很好的语言的调查仍然有很大贡献的方法。

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First Language Multiple-

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3.80

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10.50%

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期刊介绍： First Language is an international peer reviewed journal that publishes the highest quality original research in child language acquisition. Child language research is multidisciplinary and this is reflected in the contents of the journal: research from diverse theoretical and methodological traditions is welcome. Authors from a wide range of disciplines - including psychology, linguistics, anthropology, cognitive science, neuroscience, communication, sociology and education - are regularly represented in our pages. Empirical papers range from individual case studies, through experiments, observational/ naturalistic, analyses of CHILDES corpora, to parental surveys.