| Autor: |
Morten H. Christiansen, Pablo Contreras Kallens, Fabio Trecca |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
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| Zdroj: |
Christiansen, M H, Contreras Kallens, P & Trecca, F 2022, ' Toward a Comparative Approach to Language Acquisition ', Current Directions in Psychological Science, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 131-138 . https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214211049229 |
| Popis: |
The world’s languages vary in almost every conceivable way, yet children readily learn their native language. Understanding how children can acquire such a diversity of different languages has been a long-standing goal for psychological science, yet current acquisition research is dominated by studies of children learning one particular language: English. In this article, we argue that progress toward this goal will require systematic comparisons between different languages. We propose three levels of comparison: coarse-grained comparisons contrasting unrelated languages to confirm or refute broad theoretical claims, fine-grained comparisons between closely related languages to investigate the impact of specific factors on acquisition outcomes, and within-language comparisons targeting the impact of socio-communicative differences on learning. This three-pronged comparative approach to language acquisition promises to provide new insights into the mechanisms and processes by which children acquire their native tongue under such varied linguistic and socio-communicative conditions. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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