Children use gesture to interpret novel verb meanings.
Children use gesture to interpret novel verb meanings.
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孩子们用手势来解释新的动词含义。
DOI：
10.1111/cdev.12188
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发表时间：
2014
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
S. Kita
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作者：
Katherine H Mumford;S. Kita
孩子们经常发现很难在复杂的场景中将动词映射到特定的指涉物上，他们经常认为附加的特征是指涉物的一部分。本研究调查了3岁儿童是否能够使用标志性手势将新动词映射到特定的指称物。120名儿童被教导可以被解释为状态变化或方式动词的动词，同时呈现方式，最终状态或没有标志性手势。然后，孩子们面临一个选择，迫使他们根据行为方式或最终状态进行概括。结果表明，与其他组相比，看到礼貌手势的儿童表现出更强的方式偏见。因此，在手势中编码的事件的特定特征指导儿童对新单词的解释。
Children often find it difficult to map verbs to specific referents within complex scenes, often believing that additional features are part of the referents. This study investigated whether 3-year-olds could use iconic gestures to map novel verbs to specific referents. One hundred and twenty children were taught verbs that could be interpreted as change-of-state or manner verbs while presented with manner, end-state, or no iconic gestures. Children were then presented with a choice that forced them to generalize either on the basis of manner or end state. Results showed that children who saw manner gestures showed a stronger manner bias compared to the other groups. Thus, the specific feature of an event encoded in gestures guides children's interpretations of novel words.