Beyond knower levels

early partial knowledge of number words

Katie Wagner (Avtor), Franc Marušič (Avtor), Vesna Plesničar (Avtor), Tina Razboršek (Avtor), Jessica Sullivan (Avtor), Rok Žaucer (Avtor), David Barner (Avtor)

Povzetek

Although both syntax and number words can indicate quantity, only numbers can specify large exact quantities. Do children use syntax to bootstrap preliminary meanings of number words before mastering precise meanings? We compared errors across languages on a Give-a-Number task in non-knowers (who have adult meanings for no number words) and subset knowers (who have adult meanings for fewer than five number words). Participants included learners of English, Spanish, French, and two dialects of Slovenian. One dialect, Central Slovenian, has rich number morphology including singular, dual, small plural, and large plural (for 5+). In all languages, subset knowers and some non-knowers demonstrated better than random responding for at least 2 number words beyond the largest number word they comprehended precisely. Additionally, Central Slovenian-learning non- and 1- knowers responded more accurately to requests for higher numbers than their counterparts in other languages, suggesting that rich plural marking may bootstrap number word meanings.

Ključne besede

knower level;grammatical number;acquisition of number words;bootstrapping;

Podatki

Jezik:	Angleški jezik
Leto izida:	2015
Tipologija:	1.12 - Objavljeni povzetek znanstvenega prispevka na konferenci
Organizacija:	UNG - Univerza v Novi Gorici
UDK:	81
COBISS:	4169211
Št. ogledov:	4108
Št. prenosov:	0
Ocena:	0 (0 glasov)
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