LEXICAL DEVELOPMENT IN WORKING-CLASS BLACK CHILDREN

这项研究的总体目标是研究收购和 非洲人独特的语义-句法结构的发展 美式英语。18个月，纵向调查将重点放在 在语言中有两种类型的结构，go系词和不变be 12名工人阶级非裔美国儿童，代表男女 两个年龄组：3.0~4.6岁和4.6~6.0岁。研究的主要目的 目的是：(1)确定GO系词和不变量BE的含义 儿童语言；(2)描述围棋中随时间发生的变化 系词和不变量是句法结构；以及(3)决定 Go系词和不变量在语言中的出现频率 样本。这项研究的长期目标是扩展语言 关于非裔美国儿童的发展研究。一个实际的目标是 利用研究结果改善语言评估和 在与健康有关的领域对这些儿童进行干预，例如，语言和 语言病理学、儿童发展和特殊教育。

The general goal of the research is to study the acquisition and development of distinctive semantic-syntactic structures in African American English. The 18 month, longitudinal investigation will focus on two types of structures, go copula and invariant be, in the language of twelve working-class African American children, representing both genders and two age groups: 3.0 to 4.6 and 4.6 to 6.0. The key aims of the study are to: (1) determine the meaning of go copula and invariant be in the children's language; (2) describe changes that occur over time in go copula and invariant be syntactic constructions; and (3) determine the frequency of occurrence of go copula and invariant be in the language samples. The long-term objective of the research is to expand language development research on African American children. A practical goal is to utilize results from the study to improve language assessment and intervention for these children in health-related fields, e.g., speech and language pathology, child development and special education.