Language Acquisition Strategies May Not Be Universal--Statement Verification in English and Japanese.

Autor/in	Akiyama, M. Michael
Titel	Language Acquisition Strategies May Not Be Universal--Statement Verification in English and Japanese.
Quelle	(1979), (10 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Comparative Analysis; English; Error Analysis (Language); Japanese; Language Acquisition; Language Patterns; Language Processing; Language Research; Language Universals; Learning Processes; Linguistic Theory; Preschool Children; Psycholinguistics; Psychological Studies; Speeches + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English language; Englisch; Error analysis; Language; Fehleranalyse; Japaner; Japanisch; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Sprachmodell; Sprachstruktur; Sprachverarbeitung; Sprachforschung; Learning process; Lernprozess; Linguistische Theorie; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Psycholinguistik
Abstract	This study attempts to assess the developmental psycholinguistics hypothesis that language acquisition strategies are universal. Four types of statements were focused upon: (1) true affirmative statements (e.g., "You are a child"), (2) false affirmative statements ("You are a baby"), (3) false negative statements ("You aren't a child"), and (4) true negative statements ("You aren't a baby"). It was predicted that these types of statements would be acquired in the foregoing order. Eighteen English-speaking and 18 Japanese-speaking children (3 and 4 years of age) were asked to verify (by saying "right" or "wrong") 14 statements from each of the four types. Based on error rates, the English-speaking children seemed to fit the predicted pattern but the Japanese-speaking children made fewer errors with true negative statements than with false negative statements. These results are taken to imply strongly that language acquisition strategies are not always universal. An alternative model to explain the Japanese data is proposed in which Japanese speakers represent negations differently from English speakers. Two theories are suggested to account for this difference. (Author/BH)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01