Cross-linguistic patterns in the acquisition of quantifiers

被引：43

作者：

Katsos, Napoleon ^{[1
]}

Cummins, Chris ^{[2
]}

Ezeizabarrena, Maria-Jose ^{[3
]}

Gavarro, Anna ^{[4
]}

Kraljevic, Jelena Kuvac ^{[5
]}

Hrzica, Gordana ^{[5
]}

Grohmann, Kleanthes K. ^{[6
]}

Skordi, Athina

de Lopez, Kristine Jensen ^{[7
]}

Sundahl, Lone ^{[7
]}

van Hout, Angeliek ^{[8
]}

Hollebrandse, Bart ^{[8
]}

Overweg, Jessica ^{[8
]}

Faber, Myrthe ^{[8
,9
]}

van Koert, Margreet ^{[10
]}

Smith, Nafsika ^{[11
]}

Vija, Maigi ^{[12
]}

Zupping, Sirli ^{[12
]}

Kunnari, Sari ^{[13
]}

Morisseau, Tiffany ^{[14
]}

Rusieshvili, Manana ^{[15
]}

Yatsushiro, Kazuko ^{[16
]}

Fengler, Anja ^{[17
]}

Varlokosta, Spyridoula ^{[18
]}

Konstantzou, Katerina ^{[18
]}

Farby, Shira ^{[19
]}

Guasti, Maria Teresa ^{[20
]}

Vernice, Mirta ^{[20
]}

Okabe, Reiko ^{[21
]}

Isobe, Miwa ^{[22
]}

Crosthwaite, Peter ^{[23
]}

Hong, Yoonjee ^{[24
]}

Balciuniene, Ingrida ^{[25
]}

Nizar, Yanti Marina Ahmad

Grech, Helen ^{[26
]}

Gatt, Daniela ^{[26
]}

Cheong, Win Nee ^{[27
]}

Asbjornsen, Arve ^{[28
]}

Torkildsen, Janne von Koss ^{[29
]}

Haman, Ewa ^{[30
]}

Miekisz, Aneta ^{[30
]}

Gagarina, Natalia ^{[16
]}

Puzanova, Julia ^{[31
]}

Andelkovic, Darinka ^{[32
]}

Savic, Maja ^{[32
]}

Josic, Smiljana ^{[32
]}

Slancova, Daniela ^{[33
]}

Kapalkova, Svetlana ^{[34
]}

Barberan, Tania ^{[3
]}

Ozge, Duygu ^{[35
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Cambridge, Dept Theoret & Appl Linguist, Cambridge CB3 9DA, England

[2] Univ Edinburgh, Dept Linguist & English Language, Edinburgh EH8 9AD, Midlothian, Scotland

[3] Univ Basque Country, Dept Linguist & Basque Studies, ES-01006 Vitoria, Spain

[4] Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Catalan Philol, Bellaterra 08913, Spain

[5] Univ Zagreb, Dept Speech & Language Pathol, Zagreb 10000, Croatia

[6] Univ Cyprus, Dept English Studies, CY-1678 Nicosia, Cyprus

[7] Aalborg Univ, Ctr Dev & Appl Psychol Sci, DK-9220 Aalborg, Denmark

[8] Univ Groningen, Ctr Language & Cognit Groningen, NL-9700 AS Groningen, Netherlands

[9] Univ Notre Dame, Dept Psychol, Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA

[10] Univ Amsterdam, Amsterdam Ctr Language & Commun, NL-1012 VT Amsterdam, Netherlands

[11] Hertfordshire Community Natl Hlth Syst Trust, Welwyn Garden City AL7 1BW, Herts, England

[12] Univ Tartu, Inst Estonian & Gen Linguist, EE-50090 Tartu, Estonia

[13] Univ Oulu, Fac Humanities Logoped, Oulu 90014, Finland

[14] Univ Lyon, CNRS, Lab Langage Cerveau & Cognit, F-69675 Bron, France

[15] Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State Univ, Dept English Philol, GE-0179 Tbilisi, Georgia

[16] Ctr Gen Linguist, D-10117 Berlin, Germany

[17] Univ Leipzig, Inst Educ, D-04109 Leipzig, Germany

[18] Univ Athens, Dept Linguist, Ilissia 15784, Greece

[19] Bar Ilan Univ, Dept English Literature & Linguist, IL-52900 Ramat Gan, Israel

[20] Univ Milano Bicocca, Dept Psychol, I-20126 Milan, Italy

[21] Nihon Univ, Coll Law, Tokyo 1018375, Japan

[22] Tokyo Univ Arts, Training Ctr Foreign Languages & Dict, Tokyo 1108714, Japan

[23] Univ Hong Kong, Ctr Appl English Studies, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China

[24] Univ Maryland, Dept Language Acquisit 2, College Pk, MD 20742 USA

[25] Vytautas Magnus Univ, Fac Humanities, LT-44244 Kaunas, Lithuania

[26] Univ Malta, Dept Commun Therapy, Msida 2080, Msd, Malta

[27] HELP Univ, Dept Psychol, Kl 50490, Malaysia

[28] Univ Bergen, Bergen Cognit & Learning Grp, N-5009 Bergen, Norway

[29] Univ Oslo, Fac Educ Sci, N-0318 Oslo, Norway

[30] Univ Warsaw, Fac Psychol, PL-00183 Warsaw, Poland

[31] Herzen State Pedag Univ Russia, Inst Int Relat, St Petersburg 191186, Russia

[32] Univ Belgrade, Lab Expt Psychol, Belgrade 11000, Serbia

[33] Presov Univ, Inst Slovak Studies Gen Linguist & Media Studies, Presov 08001, Slovakia

[34] Comenius Univ, Dept Speech Therapy, Bratislava 81806 16, Slovakia

[35] Koc Univ, Dept Psychol, TR-34450 Istanbul, Turkey

[36] Natl Univ Modern Languages, Int Islamic Univ, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan

[37] City Univ Hong Kong, Dept Linguist & Translat, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China

[38] Natl Ctr Univ Entrance Examinat, Tokyo 1538501, Japan

[39] Harvard Univ, Dept Psychol, 33 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

来源：

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 2016年 / 113卷 / 33期

基金：

英国经济与社会研究理事会;

关键词：

language acquisition; universals; quantifiers; semantics; pragmatics; TURN-TAKING; LANGUAGE; NUMBER; CHILDREN; UNIVERSALS; ADULTS; LOGIC;

D O I：

10.1073/pnas.1601341113

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Learners of most languages are faced with the task of acquiring words to talk about number and quantity. Much is known about the order of acquisition of number words as well as the cognitive and perceptual systems and cultural practices that shape it. Substantially less is known about the acquisition of quantifiers. Here, we consider the extent to which systems and practices that support number word acquisition can be applied to quantifier acquisition and conclude that the two domains are largely distinct in this respect. Consequently, we hypothesize that the acquisition of quantifiers is constrained by a set of factors related to each quantifier's specific meaning. We investigate competence with the expressions for "all," "none," "some," "some. not," and "most" in 31 languages, representing 11 language types, by testing 768 5-y-old children and 536 adults. We found a cross-linguistically similar order of acquisition of quantifiers, explicable in terms of four factors relating to their meaning and use. In addition, exploratory analyses reveal that language-and learner-specific factors, such as negative concord and gender, are significant predictors of variation.

引用

页码：9244 / 9249

页数：6

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