NEGATIVE CONCORD IN AFRICAN AMERICAN ENGLISH

这个项目的主要目标是记录当地 允许非裔美国人消极和谐的条件/原则 英语(AAE)。据推测，儿童AAE演讲者将使用 负和谐(NOC)在标准美式英语(SAE)的上下文中 扬声器使用Any。然而，也有人假设，儿童AAE 说话者知道何时将双重否定语境解释为 真正的否定(不是)。在设计中运用了当前的语言学理论 实验任务定义狭隘，但强大到足以 展示孩子们关于否定的语言知识。4-7岁的儿童 几年将进行理解和制作任务，涉及 确定否定和谐(NOC)和真否定(非)结构 他们如何在心理上处理和构建带有尊重的否定方面 到他们的母语。实验数据与实验数据相符 可以提供对心理功能和语言的本质的洞察 使用。单独诊断语言障碍的含义 认知、情绪和/或听力障碍对 标准和非标准方言说话者，考虑到这些任务可能会逗乐 从认知中传授语言知识。

The primary objective of this project is to document the locality conditions/principles that permit negative concord in African American English (AAE). It is hypothesized that child AAE speakers will use negative concord (noc) in contexts where Standard American English (SAE) speakers use ANY. However, it is also hypothesized that child AAE speakers have knowledge of when to interpret double negative contexts as true negation (NOt). Current linguistic theory is applied in the devising of experimental tasks that are narrowly defined, yet powerful enough to display children's linguistic knowledge about negation. Children aged 4-7 years will be administered comprehension and production tasks involving negative concord (noc) and true negative (NOt) constructions to determine how they mentally process and construct aspects of negation with respect to their native dialect. The data complied from the experimental tasks may provide insight into the nature of mental functioning and language use. The implication for diagnosing language impairment separate from cognitive, emotional, and/or hearing impairment is significant for standard and nonstandard dialect speakers given that the tasks may tease appart linguistic knowledge from cognition.