The role of objects in vocal communication and knowledge transfer in children

物体在儿童声音交流和知识传递中的作用

• 批准号: 2124165
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Portsmouth
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2018 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2124165
• 关键词: role; objects; vocal; communication; knowledge

Humans often rely on objects to aid their communication. But despite our extensive knowledge of human social communication and the advantages that arguably come with using objects in rudimentary as well as complex forms of communication, object interactions still remain a poorly understood topic. For this work, I have developed a model that explains binary advantageous functions of object use as part of human social communication, i.e., to facilitate as well as enhance human nonverbal vocal communication and speech (facilitate-enhance object interaction model). The aim of this proposed PhD project is to examine communication with objects in children within natural social settings and to test the facilitate-enhance object interaction model. First, a descriptive taxonomy will be composed to assess object interactions between UK and Zambian children. Second, UK children of different ages will be compared to test for expected developmental changes in relation to the facilitate-enhance object interactions and language. Third, knowledge transfer of objects will be tested in UK children. The proposed study is likely to provide important insight on the multimodal development of object use, vocal communication and information acquisition in humans.

人类经常依靠物体来帮助他们的交流。但是，尽管我们对人类社会交流有着广泛的了解，并且可以说在基本和复杂的交流形式中使用对象具有优势，但对象交互仍然是一个知之甚少的话题。在这项工作中，我开发了一个模型，该模型解释了对象使用作为人类社会交流一部分的二元有利功能，即促进和增强人类非语言声音交流和言语（促进-增强对象交互模型）。该博士项目的目的是研究儿童在自然社交环境中与物体的交流，并测试促进-增强物体交互模型。首先，将制定一个描述性分类法来评估英国和赞比亚儿童之间的客体互动。其次，将对不同年龄段的英国儿童进行比较，以测试与促进-增强对象交互和语言相关的预期发展变化。第三，物体的知识转移将在英国儿童中进行测试。这项研究可能为人类物体使用、声音交流和信息获取的多模式发展提供重要的见解。