The inferential chain makes the difference between familiar and novel figurative expressions
The inferential chain makes the difference between familiar and novel figurative expressions
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DOI：
10.1080/20445911.2012.658156
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
Bucciarelli, Monica
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作者：
Bosco, Francesca M.;Vallana, Marianna;Bucciarelli, Monica
本研究的重点是儿童理解比喻表达的交际意义的能力。我们提出了一个理论框架，其中推理链的长度解释了重建熟悉和新的比喻表达的交际意义的困难程度的差异。实验1的结果证实了我们的预测，该实验涉及90名7至10岁的儿童。实验2涉及54名相同年龄的儿童，不支持对我们的结果的另一种语法解释。实验3同样涉及54名7至10岁的儿童，在一个实验中重复了前两个实验的结果。总体结果加强了我们的假设：推理链的长度，而不是句法复杂性，是更好地解释所调查的熟悉和新的比喻表达重建交际意义的难度差异的因素。并结合相关实验文献对总体结果进行了讨论。
The present investigation focuses on children's ability to comprehend the communicative meaning of figurative expressions. We advance a theoretical framework where the length of the inferential chain accounts for the difference in difficulty of reconstructing the communicative meaning of familiar and novel figurative expressions. The results of Experiment 1, involving 90 children from 7- to 10-year-olds, confirm our prediction. Experiment 2, involving 54 children of the same age, does not support an alternative, syntactic, explanation for our results. Experiment 3, also involving 54 children from 7 to 10 years old, replicates the results of the two previous experiments in a single experiment. The overall results strengthen our assumptions: The length of the inferential chain, but not the syntactic complexity involved, is the factor that better explains the difference in difficulty of reconstructing the communicative meaning of the familiar and novel figurative expressions investigated. The overall results are discussed in relation to the relevant experimental literature.