Cultural Infuences on the Developing Semantic Lexicon

Autor/inn/en	McGregor, Karla; Munro, Natalie; Chen, Su Mei; Baker, Elise; Oleson, Jacob
Titel	Cultural Infuences on the Developing Semantic Lexicon
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 45 (2018) 6, S.1309-1336 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (McGregor, Karla)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Cultural Influences; Semantics; Dictionaries; Young Children; Naming; Animals; Mass Media Effects; Australia; United States; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Semantik; Dictionary; Wörterbuch; Frühe Kindheit; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Australien; USA
Abstract	To determine whether the developing semantic lexicon varies with culture, we examined the animal and food naming of children from three communities distinguished by language, cultural heritage, and population density. The children were fve- and seven-year-olds from Australia (n = 197), Taiwan (n = 456), and the US (n = 172). Naming patterns revealed hierarchical and fexible organization of the semantic lexicon. The content of the lexicon, particularly food names, varied with cultural heritage. In all three communities, wild mammals were predominant during animal naming, a likely infuence of children's media. The infuence of the Chinese zodiac was evident in the clustering of animal names in the Taiwanese sample. There was no apparent infuence of population density and little infuence of language, except that the Taiwanese children more frequently named foods at the superordinate level, a possible infuence of the structure of Mandarin. Children develop their lexicons in response to culture as experienced frst-hand or through media. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01