Early Language Environments Predict Aspects of Explicit Language Awareness Development
Early Language Environments Predict Aspects of Explicit Language Awareness Development
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DOI：
10.1111/lang.12381
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发表时间：
2019-11-14
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Sandhofer, Catherine M.
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作者：
Atagi, Natsuki;Sandhofer, Catherine M.
尽管语言意识通常被定义为对语言功能和惯例的外显理解，但关于不同语言环境对语言意识影响的大量证据表明，对语言的内隐理解。相比之下，这项研究探讨了接触语言多样性是否可以预测单语儿童的外显语言意识。我们检查了儿童外显语言意识的四个方面：标记语言的能力、对说不同语言的交际后果的理解、对标记惯例的理解以及对其语言环境的意识。参与者是 3 至 5 岁的单语儿童 (N = 81)，他们来自 (a) 语言相对同质的社区，(b) 语言相对多样化的社区，或 (c) 语言相对多样化社区中的双语家庭。结果表明，社区语言多样性和家庭双语接触可以预测儿童的明确语言标签和对标签约定的理解，但不能预测语言意识的其他方面。这些发现提供了对早期语言环境在外显语言意识发展中的作用的深入了解。
Although language awareness is typically defined as the explicit understanding of language's functions and conventions, much evidence on the influence of diverse language environments on language awareness has shown implicit understandings of language. In contrast, this study examined whether exposure to linguistic diversity predicted monolingual children's explicit language awareness. We examined four aspects of children's explicit language awareness: ability to label languages, understanding of the communicative consequences of speaking different languages, understanding of labeling conventions, and awareness of their language environment. Participants were monolingual 3- to 5-year-olds (N = 81) who were from (a) a relatively linguistically homogenous community, (b) a relatively linguistically diverse community, or (c) a bilingual household in a relatively linguistically diverse community. Results suggest that community linguistic diversity and home bilingual exposure predict children's explicit language labeling and understanding of labeling conventions but not other aspects of language awareness. These findings provide insight into the role of early language environments in explicit language awareness development.