University of Kansas, Department of Linguistics and RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Laboratory for Language Development, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA.
J Child Lang. 2012 Nov;39(5):919-56. doi: 10.1017/S0305000911000316. Epub 2011 Dec 19.
Recent studies on the acquisition of semantics have argued that knowledge of the universal quantifier is adult-like throughout development. However, there are domains where children still exhibit non-adult-like universal quantification, and arguments for the early mastery of relevant semantic knowledge do not explain what causes such non-adult-like interpretations. The present study investigates Japanese four- and five-year-old children's atypical universal quantification in light of the development of cognitive control. We hypothesized that children's still-developing cognitive control contributes to their atypical universal quantification. Using a combined eye-tracking and interpretation task together with a non-linguistic measure of cognitive control, we revealed a link between the achievement of adult-like universal quantification and the development of flexible perspective-switch. We argue that the development of cognitive control is one of the factors that contribute to children's processing of semantics.
最近关于语义习得的研究认为，儿童在整个发展过程中对全称量词的掌握水平与成人相当。然而，在某些领域，儿童仍然表现出非成人式的全称量化，而对于相关语义知识早期掌握的论证并不能解释是什么导致了这种非成人式的解释。本研究从认知控制的发展角度探讨了日本 4 至 5 岁儿童非典型的全称量化。我们假设儿童仍在发展中的认知控制有助于他们进行非典型的全称量化。我们使用结合眼动追踪和解释任务以及非语言认知控制测量的方法，揭示了成人式全称量化的获得与灵活视角转换发展之间的联系。我们认为，认知控制的发展是导致儿童语义加工的因素之一。
