六岁儿童对宾语从句的理解:研究 NP 数量不匹配的作用

IF 1.2 2区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Ian Morton, C. Melanie Schuele
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对于儿童和成人来说,理解带有中心嵌入式宾语盖相对从句(ORC)的句子都是一项挑战。主句和相对从句中主语名词短语(NPs)的词汇和语法特征不匹配已被证明有助于理解。Adani 等人得出结论,与名词短语数量匹配(如两个主语都是单数)相比,在名词短语数量不匹配(如单数主语和复数相对主语)的条件下,儿童的理解能力有所提高。然而,他们的刺激既提供了动词短语(VP)的数量信息,也提供了 NP 的数量信息,这就给 NP 数量不匹配的促进作用的结论造成了混淆。在本研究中,我们分离了 NP 数量不匹配的影响。值得注意的是,32 名具有典型语言能力的 6 岁儿童参加了一项中心嵌入式 ORC 句子理解任务,该任务包含 4 种刺激:(a)无 VP 号码信息的 NP 号码错配(仅 NP 错配);(b)无 VP 号码信息的 NP 号码匹配(仅 NP 匹配);(c)包含 VP 号码错配的 NP 号码错配(NP + VP 错配);以及(d)包含 VP 号码匹配的 NP 号码匹配(NP + VP 匹配)。儿童根据口头呈现的相对从句句子从四张图片中选择一张;共呈现了 56 个句子。只进行 NP 不匹配和只进行 NP 匹配的主体内比较结果不显著。但是,只进行 NP 错配和 NP + VP 错配的主体内比较有显著性。儿童在 NP + VP 错配句子理解方面更成功([计算公式:见正文] = 0.70)。
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Six-year-olds’ comprehension of object-gapped relative clause sentences: Investigating the contribution of NP number mismatch
Comprehension of sentences with a center-embedded, object-gapped relative clause (ORC) is challenging for children as well as adults. Mismatching lexical and grammatical features of subject noun phrases (NPs) across the main clause and relative clause has been shown to facilitate comprehension. Adani et al. concluded that children’s comprehension improved under conditions of NP number mismatch (e.g., singular main clause subject and plural relative clause subject) as compared with NP number match (e.g., both singular subjects). However, their stimuli provided number information on verb phrases (VPs) as well as NPs creating a confound for conclusions about facilitative effects of NP number mismatch. In this study, we isolated the contribution of NP number mismatch. Notably, 32 6-year-olds with typical language participated in a center-embedded, ORC sentence comprehension task with 4 types of stimuli: (a) NP number mismatch without VP number information (NP mismatch only), (b) NP number match without VP number information (NP match only), (c) NP number mismatch with VP number mismatch (NP + VP mismatch), and (d) NP number match with VP number match (NP + VP match). Children selected one of four pictures in an array to a verbally presented relative clause sentence; 56 sentences were presented. The within-subjects comparison for NP mismatch only and NP match only was not significant. However, the within-subjects comparison for NP mismatch only and NP + VP mismatch was significant. Children were more successful in NP + VP mismatch sentence comprehension ([Formula: see text] = 0.70).
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First Language
First Language Multiple-
CiteScore
3.80
自引率
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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.
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