A Developmental Shift from Similar to Language-Specific Strategies in Verb Acquisition: A Comparison of English, Spanish, and Japanese

Autor/inn/en	Maguire, Mandy J.; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy; Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick; Imai, Mutsumi; Haryu, Etsuko; Vanegas, Sandra; Okada, Hiroyuki; Pulverman, Rachel; Sanchez-Davis, Brenda
Titel	A Developmental Shift from Similar to Language-Specific Strategies in Verb Acquisition: A Comparison of English, Spanish, and Japanese
Quelle	In: Cognition, 114 (2010) 3, S.299-319 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-0277
DOI	10.1016/j.cognition.2009.10.002
Schlagwörter	Verbs; Toddlers; Language Acquisition; Contrastive Linguistics; English; Spanish; Japanese; Language Patterns; Preschool Children; Linguistic Input; Child Development; Developmental Stages; Cognitive Development; Child Language + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; English language; Englisch; Spanisch; Japaner; Japanisch; Sprachmodell; Sprachstruktur; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Sprachbildung; Kindesentwicklung; Kognitive Entwicklung; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache
Abstract	The world's languages draw on a common set of event components for their verb systems. Yet, these components are differentially distributed across languages. At what age do children begin to use language-specific patterns to narrow possible verb meanings? English-, Japanese-, and Spanish-speaking adults, toddlers, and preschoolers were shown videos of an animated star performing a novel manner along a novel path paired with a language-appropriate nonsense verb. They were then asked to extend that verb to either the same manner or the same path as in training. Across languages, toddlers (2- and 2.5-year-olds) revealed a significant preference for interpreting the verb as a path verb. In preschool (3- and 5-year-olds) and adulthood, the participants displayed language-specific patterns of verb construal. These findings illuminate the way in which verb construal comes to reflect the properties of the input language. (Contains 5 figures and 7 tables.) (As Provided).
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