The Link between Lexical Semantic Features and Children's Comprehension of English Verbal "Be"-Passives

Autor/inn/en	Nguyen, Emma; Pearl, Lisa
Titel	The Link between Lexical Semantic Features and Children's Comprehension of English Verbal "Be"-Passives
Quelle	In: Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 28 (2021) 4, S.433-450 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Nguyen, Emma) ORCID (Pearl, Lisa)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1048-9223
DOI	10.1080/10489223.2021.1939354
Schlagwörter	Child Language; Language Acquisition; Value Judgment; Meta Analysis; Language Processing; Semantics; Verbs; Grammar; Questioning Techniques; Age Differences; Developmental Stages; Child Development; Task Analysis; Profiles; Preschool Children; Child Care Centers; Connecticut + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Werturteil; Meta-analysis; Metaanalyse; Sprachverarbeitung; Semantik; Grammatik; Befragungstechnik; Fragetechnik; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Kindesentwicklung; Aufgabenanalyse; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Child care facilities; Child care services; Kinderzentrum; Kinderbetreuung
Abstract	Children seem to be relatively delayed in their comprehension of the verbal "be"-passive in English, compared to their acquisition of other constructions of object-movement such as "wh"-questions and unaccusatives. Prior work has found that children's performance on these passives can be affected by the verb's lexical semantics. Through a meta-analysis of experimental studies assessing English-speaking children's age of acquisition for the verbal "be"-passive, we identify a developmental trajectory composed of five classes, where each class has a distinct lexical semantic profile. A Truth-Value Judgment (TVJ) Task assessing English-speaking children's comprehension of verbal be-passives supports this developmental trajectory. Together, the meta-analysis and TVJ study underscore the importance of lexical semantics for understanding the development of the English verbal "be"-passive. (As Provided).
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