Developmental Aspects of the Ability to Understand Semantic Ambiguity.

Autor/in	Brause, Rita S.
Titel	Developmental Aspects of the Ability to Understand Semantic Ambiguity.
Quelle	(1977), (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Abstract Reasoning; Adults; Age Differences; Ambiguity; Children; Comprehension; Deep Structure; Grammar; Intellectual Development; Language Acquisition; Language Research; Linguistic Competence; Linguistic Performance; Linguistic Theory; Native Speakers; Semantics; Sentence Structure; Surface Structure; Syntax + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abstraktes Denken; Denken; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Child; Kind; Kinder; Verstehen; Verständnis; Grammatik; Mental development; Geistige Entwicklung; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Sprachforschung; Sprachkompetenz; Linguistische Theorie; Muttersprachler; Semantik; Satzbau; Satzstruktur; Oberflächenstruktur
Abstract	The hypothesized ability of adult native speakers to understand linguistic ambiguity was tested. An approach developed to determine linguistic competence tested the ability of 90 participants in individual interviews to interpret sentences having the potential for multiple interpretations. The hypothesis was not supported by the data. A hierarchy of these abilities, however, did emerge. The observed hierarchy across age (7 years to adult) and education (second grade to college graduate student) included the understanding of: (1) two meanings of a word presented in unambiguous contexts; (2) lexical ambiguity and/or figurative language; (3) surface structure ambiguity and/or multiplicity of pronoun referents; and (4) deep structure ambiguity. (Author/CFM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC