Does Variability across Events Affect Verb Learning in English, Mandarin, and Korean?

Autor/inn/en	Childers, Jane B.; Paik, Jae H.; Flores, Melissa; Lai, Gabrielle; Dolan, Megan
Titel	Does Variability across Events Affect Verb Learning in English, Mandarin, and Korean?
Quelle	In: Cognitive Science, 41 (2017), S.808-830 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0364-0213
DOI	10.1111/cogs.12398
Schlagwörter	Verbs; Language Research; Learning Processes; Toddlers; Cross Cultural Studies; Language Tests; Morphemes; Language Acquisition; English; Cognitive Processes; Korean; Foreign Countries; Mandarin Chinese; United States; China; Singapore; South Korea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachforschung; Learning process; Lernprozess; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Language test; Sprachtest; Morphem; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; English language; Englisch; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Koreanisch; Ausland; USA; Singapur; Korea; Republik
Abstract	Extending new verbs is important in becoming a productive speaker of a language. Prior results show children have difficulty extending verbs when they have seen events with varied agents. This study further examines the impact of variability on verb learning and asks whether variability interacts with event complexity or differs by language. Children (aged 2½ to 3 years) in the United States, China, Korea, and Singapore learned verbs linked to simple and complex events. Sets of events included one or three agents, and children were asked to extend the verb at test. Children learning verbs linked to simple movements performed similarly across conditions. However, children learning verbs linked to events with multiple objects were less successful if those events were enacted by multiple agents. A follow-up study rules out an influence of event order. Overall, similar patterns of results emerged across languages, suggesting common cognitive processes support children's verb learning. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01