Expressive Pragmatics and Prosody in Young Preschoolers are More Closely Related to Structural Language than to Mentalizing

IF 1.5 2区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Language Learning and Development Pub Date : 2022-06-10 DOI:10.1080/15475441.2022.2074852
M. Pronina, P. Prieto, L. Bischetti, V. Bambini
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ABSTRACT Pragmatics lies at the point where language meets the social world and encompasses both the linguistic and the social dimensions of communication. However, the relationship between pragmatic abilities, other language skills, and socio-cognitive aspects such as mentalizing is still a matter of wide debate. This study sets out to investigate the status of pragmatic abilities by testing from a developmental angle their relationship with other linguistic skills and mentalizing. We examined the role of structural language and mentalizing on both expressive pragmatic and prosodic skills in typically developing preschool children. A total of 105 3-to 4-year-old children were assessed on pragmatics and prosody with the Audiovisual Pragmatic Test, as well as on structural language skills (vocabulary and syntax) and a series of mentalizing measures (false belief, emotion understanding, and metacognitive vocabulary). A combined approach including correlations, regressions, and structural equation modeling (SEM) was used. Structural language was a strong positive predictor of both pragmatic and prosodic scores, while mentalizing predicted neither pragmatic nor prosodic performance. We suggest that in preschool years, expressive pragmatics and prosodic skills are more closely related to structural language skills than to mentalizing.
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学龄前儿童的表达语用学和韵律学与结构语言的关系比与心理化的关系更密切
语用学研究的是语言与社会世界的交集,涵盖了交际的语言和社会两个维度。然而,语用能力、其他语言技能和社会认知方面(如心智化)之间的关系仍然是一个广泛争论的问题。本研究从发展的角度考察语用能力与其他语言技能和心智化的关系,探讨语用能力的现状。我们研究了结构语言和心智化对典型学龄前儿童表达语用和韵律技能的作用。采用视听语用测试对105名3- 4岁儿童的语用学、韵律学、结构语言技能(词汇和句法)以及一系列心理化测试(错误信念、情感理解和元认知词汇)进行了评估。采用了包括相关性、回归和结构方程模型(SEM)在内的综合方法。结构语言对语用和韵律成绩都有很强的正向预测作用,而心智化对语用和韵律成绩都没有预测作用。我们认为,在学龄前,表达语用和韵律技能与结构语言技能的关系比与心智化的关系更密切。
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