处理限制对标量含义计算的影响:来自儿童英语和儿童普通话的证据

IF 1.5 2区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Language Learning and Development Pub Date : 2022-07-26 DOI:10.1080/15475441.2022.2086131
Shuyan Wang
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相对较晚掌握标量含义被认为与儿童不成熟的加工能力有关,例如他们有限的工作记忆。然而,许多测试儿童工作记忆与标量含义计算之间联系的研究未能发现任何相关性。一个可能的原因是,这些研究中的儿童在计算标量含义方面几乎没有表现出个体差异。因此,本研究在年龄较小的儿童中测试了工作记忆的影响,这些儿童仍然明显表现出标量含义的困难,并且表现出更大的个体差异。研究对象为4至7岁的儿童,学习英语或普通话。一个盖盒任务被用来研究与“some”相关的标量蕴涵的计算。用一个数字跨度任务来测量他们的工作记忆。说普通话的孩子和说英语的孩子都没有像成年人那样计算标量的含义。此外,儿童对标量含义的计算与他们的数字跨度有显著的相关性。这些结果为一种处理方法提供了新的支持,以观察到对标量含义的后期掌握。
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Effects of Processing Limits on Computing Scalar Implicatures: Evidence from Child English and Child Mandarin
ABSTRACT Relatively late mastery of scalar implicatures has been suggested to correlate with children’s immature processing capacities, such as their limited working memory. Yet, many studies that tested for a link between children’s working memory and their computation of scalar implicatures have failed to find any correlation. One possible reason is that the children in these studies showed little individual variation in computing scalar implicatures. The present study therefore tested for an effect of working memory in younger children, who still clearly displayed difficulties with scalar implicatures and showed greater individual variation. Subjects were 4- to 7-year-old children acquiring either English or Mandarin Chinese. A covered-box task was used to investigate the computation of scalar implicatures associated with ‘some’. A digit span task was used to measure their working memory. Neither the Mandarin-speaking children nor the English-speaking children computed scalar implicatures at an adult-like level. Moreover, a significant correlation was observed between children’s computation of scalar implicatures and their digit spans. These results have provided new support for a processing approach to the observed late mastery of scalar implicatures.
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