Evidence for Early Comprehension of Action Verbs

被引：5

作者：

Nomikou, Iris ^{[1
]}

Rohlfing, Katharina J. ^{[2
,3
]}

Cimiano, Philipp ^{[3
]}

Mandler, Jean M. ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hants, England

[2] Paderborn Univ, Dept German Studies & Comparat Literary Studies, Paderborn, Germany

[3] Bielefeld Univ, CITEC, Bielefeld, Germany

[4] UCSD, Dept Cognit Sci, La Jolla, CA USA

来源：

LANGUAGE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT | 2019年 / 15卷 / 01期

关键词：

WORD COMPREHENSION; MATERNAL SPEECH; NOUN BIAS; ACQUISITION; FOUNDATIONS; LANGUAGE; MEANINGS;

D O I：

10.1080/15475441.2018.1520639

中图分类号：

B844 [发展心理学（人类心理学）];

学科分类号：

040202 ;

摘要：

Applying an eye-tracking technique, we tested early verb understanding in 48 infants aged 9 and 10months. Infants saw two objects presented side by side and heard a verb that referred to a common action with one of these objects (e.g., eating relating to a banana). The verbs were spoken by the parent in an interrogative manner in order to elicit a looking behavior in the infant. Results showed that 9-month-old infants did not show recognition of our test words. However, 10-month-old infants were able to understand a number of the tested verbs. In the discussion, we relate our findings to the nature of early verb representations.

引用

页码：64 / 74

页数：11

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