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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
卷 239, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2023.105805
关键词
Pragmatics; Communication; Symbols; Pictures; Quantity implicature; Language acquisition
This study investigated whether preschool children expect both pictures and words to adhere to the communicative principle of quantity. The results showed that even 3.5-year-old children can use the communicative principle of quantity to infer meaning across verbal and pictorial alternatives.
As children learn to communicate with others, they must develop an understanding of the principles that underlie human communication. Recent evidence suggests that adults expect communicative principles to govern all forms of communication, not just language, but evidence about children's ability to do so is sparse. This study investigated whether preschool children expect both pictures and words to adhere to the communicative principle of quantity using a simple matched paradigm. Children (N = 293) aged of 3 to 5 years (52.5% male and 47.5% female; majority White with college educated mothers) participated. Results show that children as young as 3.5 years can use the communicative principle of quantity to infer meaning across verbal and pictorial alternatives. (c) 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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