RUI: The Origins of Children's Spatial Semantic Categories; A Cross-Linguistic Study of English, Korean, and Dutch

9310494崔根据一种广泛的观点，儿童最初将空间词映射到通过非语言感觉运动发展建立的空间概念上--例如，IN映射到包容概念，然后映射到接触和支持概念。如果这一认知主义观点是正确的，那么儿童最初与空间词联系在一起的意义应该是相似的，无论输入语言是什么。该项目将通过比较学习英语、荷兰语和韩语的一到三岁半儿童与空间词相关的含义来评估这一假设，这三种语言以截然不同的方式对空间关系进行分类。本文提出了两项横断面研究。在生产实验中，拓扑空间动作描述是在自然环境中以熟悉的对象引出的。在一项理解力研究中，对特定语言的拓扑差异的敏感度是用“优先看范式”来评估的，这是一种要求最低的技术，因此是幼儿的理想选择。这些数据将被分析(1)以确定早期儿童如何发展特定于语言的空间行为分类原则，以及(2)通过分析正确和不正确的概括模式来评估替代空间分类原则对儿童的相对难度。这一结果将有助于更清楚地了解儿童对空间关系的非语言掌握与他们对输入语言语义范畴的敏感性在早期语言发展中的相互作用。5p0 6hC 6fC3 P d；4 3 P 6hC|&amp；7 6h CP&amp；+P0 P x！！F D D(泰晤士报新罗马符号&宋体)H H EP E A抽象的Deidre Renee Burton Deidre Renee Burton

9310494 Choi According to a widespread view, children initially map spatial words onto spatial concepts established through nonlinguistic sensorimotor development--for example, IN to a notion of containment and ON to notions of contact and support. If this cognitivist view is correct, the meanings children initially associate with spatial words should be similar regardless of input language. The project will evaluate this hypothesis by comparing the meanings associated with spatial words by one- to three-and-a-half-year old children learning English, Dutch, and Korean, three languages that classify spatial relations in strikingly different ways. Two cross-sectional studies are proposed. In a production experiment, topological spatial action descriptions are elicited in a naturalistic setting with familiar objects. In a comprehension study, sensitivity to language-specific topological distinctions are assessed with the "preferential looking paradigm", a technique that is minimally demanding and hence ideal for young children. The data will be analyzed (1) to determine how early children develop language-specific principles of categorizing spatial actions, and (2) to assess, through analysis of correct and incorrect patterns of generalization, the relative difficulty for children of alternative principles of spatial classification. The results will contribute toward a clearer picture of the interaction in early language development between children's nonlinguistic grasp of spatial relations and their sensitivity to the semantic categories of the input language. 5p0 6hC 6fC3 P d ;4 3 P 6hC | & 7 6h CP &+p0 P x ! ! F D D ( Times New Roman Symbol & Arial " h H EP E A abstract Deidre Renee Burton Deidre Renee Burton