Shatz M, Ebeling K
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48104.
J Child Lang. 1991 Jun;18(2):295-313. doi: 10.1017/s0305000900011077.
Four kinds of language learning-related behaviours (LLRBs) were examined in the home conversations of six English children studied for six months from age 2;0 to 2;6. The speech of the children was coded for the number of times they participated in language lessons, language practice, metalanguage and revisions of prior language. All the children were active and frequent producers of LLRBs, with revisions being observed most commonly. Further analysis revealed that the majority of the revisions that the children initiated involved grammatical changes, with the revised utterances tending to be more grammatical than their predecessors. An auditory monitor is proposed as a partial explanation for revision behaviour, and is evaluated relative to other possible accounts of the findings.
对6名英国儿童从2岁0个月至2岁6个月进行了为期6个月的研究，考察了他们在家中对话时的四种与语言学习相关的行为（LLRB）。对儿童的言语进行编码，记录他们参与语言课程、语言练习、元语言以及对先前语言进行修正的次数。所有儿童都是LLRB的积极且频繁的产生者，其中修正行为最为常见。进一步分析表明，儿童发起的大多数修正涉及语法变化，修正后的话语往往比之前的更符合语法。本文提出听觉监控作为修正行为的部分解释，并相对于其他可能的研究结果解释进行了评估。
