Spatial Metaphor in Language Can Promote the Development of Cross-Modal Mappings in Children

Autor/inn/en	Shayan, Shakila; Ozturk, Ozge; Bowerman, Melissa; Majid, Asifa
Titel	Spatial Metaphor in Language Can Promote the Development of Cross-Modal Mappings in Children
Quelle	In: Developmental Science, 17 (2014) 4, S.636-643 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-755X
DOI	10.1111/desc.12157
Schlagwörter	Figurative Language; Language Usage; German; Turkish; Indo European Languages; Linguistic Input; Cognitive Mapping; Phonology; Children; Task Analysis; Adults; Learning Experience; Contrastive Linguistics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachgebrauch; Deutscher; Türkisch; Indoeuropäisch; Sprachbildung; Fonologie; Child; Kind; Kinder; Aufgabenanalyse; Lernerfahrung; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik
Abstract	Pitch is often described metaphorically: for example, Farsi and Turkish speakers use a "thickness" metaphor (low sounds are "thick" and high sounds are "thin"), while German and English speakers use a height metaphor ("low", "high"). This study examines how child and adult speakers of Farsi, Turkish, and German map pitch and thickness using a cross-modal association task. All groups, except for German children, performed significantly better than chance. German-speaking adults' success suggests the pitch-to-thickness association can be learned by experience. But the fact that German children were at chance indicates that this learning takes time. Intriguingly, Farsi and Turkish children's performance suggests that learning cross-modal associations can be boosted through experience with consistent metaphorical mappings in the input language. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10