Language Processing in Children & Their Parents

项目总结 这项拟议的研究补充了其父母关于学龄儿童方言检测的研究 儿童，1R21DC019997-01A1。在这个项目中，我们使用了基于网络摄像头的眼睛跟踪技术 比较主流美语和非主流美语的处理过程 英语(NMAE)。这项研究的目的是超越眼球跟踪的现状 将儿童比作一群大学生成年人的文学。我们会比较一下方言 检测孩子与父母一起捕捉实时的语言处理，使用在线 站台。 我们的中心假设是，语言技能较强的孩子会对违规行为敏感 在NMAE和MAE中的语音和语法，但语言技能较弱的孩子将 对此类违规行为几乎没有表现出敏感。我们的假设是基于现有的 将儿童的处理速度与语言能力联系起来的研究(Borovsky，Elman和Fernald， 2012年；Law等人，2017年)。同样，我们希望父母表现出更快的处理能力 儿童在在线音位加工的文献检查中具有这种成人优势 (Zamuner，Moore&Desmeules-Trudel；2016)，形态学(Gómez，Holtheuer，Miller，& Schmitt，2021)，语法(Huang&Snedeker，2013；Trueswell，Sekerina，Hill，&Logrip，1999)， 以及不重音的名词和代词(Arnold，2008)。然而，大多数文献都将 孩子对大学生，而不是对他们的父母。因此，为了扩大现有的 文学，我们比较孩子的在线处理和他们的父母的处理，我们 预期将是相关的。我们计划通过以下几个方面实现总体目标 具体目标：(1)应用眼球跟踪来评估两者对语音违规的敏感度 MAE和NMAE，对7岁儿童和他们的父母；和(2)准备参加 传播科学和障碍方面的高级学位课程。 在拟议的项目完成时，我们的预期成果将确定关键的 典型发育儿童及其父母的方言检测概况。这些结果将 提供跨越整个生命周期的方言检测的基础证据，提供洞察 转化为规范发展，有可能应用于发展性疾病的治疗 语言障碍。

PROJECT SUMMARY The proposed study complements that of its parent study on dialect detection in school-age children, 1R21DC019997-01A1. In this project, we use webcam-based eye-tracking technology to compare processing of Mainstream American English (MAE) with Non-Mainstream American English (NMAE). The aim of the study is to move beyond the status quo in the eye-tracking literature which compares children to a group of college-student adults. We will compare dialect detection of children with their parents to capture real time language processing, using an online platform. Our central hypothesis is that children with stronger language skills will be sensitive to violations of phonology and grammar in NMAE and MAE, but that children with weaker language skills will show little sensitivity to such violations. Our hypothesis has been formulated based on extant research linking children’s processing speed with language ability (Borovsky, Elman, & Fernald, 2012; Law et al., 2017). Likewise, we expect parents to display faster processing skills than children given this adult advantage in the literature examining online processing of phonology (Zamuner, Moore, & Desmeules-Trudel; 2016), morphology (Gómez, Holtheuer, Miller, & Schmitt, 2021), syntax (Huang & Snedeker, 2013; Trueswell, Sekerina, Hill, & Logrip, 1999), and unaccented nouns and pronouns (Arnold, 2008). Yet, most of the literature compares children to college students, rather than to their parents. Therefore, to extend the extant literature, we compare children’s online processing with that of their parents, which we anticipate will be correlated. We plan to attain the overall objective by pursing the following specific aims: (1) to apply eye-tracking to evaluate sensitivities to violations of phonology in both MAE and NMAE, in 7-year-old children and their parents; and (2) to prepare for enrollment in an advanced degree program in communication sciences and disorders. At the completion of the proposed project, our expected outcomes are to have identified key dialect detection profiles of typically-developing children and their parents. These results will provide a foundational evidence base on dialect detection across the lifespan, supplying insights into normative development that have potential applications to the treatment of developmental language disorder.