期刊
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
卷 41, 期 -, 页码 10-18出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2016.10.003
关键词
Reference resolution; Bilingualism; Non-verbal communication; Pointing; Labeling; Relative language proficiency
资金
- VENI grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
- Prince Claus Chair for Development and Equity
- Education and Learning Sciences focus area at Utrecht University
- NWO
Monolingual children follow pointing over labeling when these are in conflict in object selection tasks. Specifically, when a speaker labels one object, but points at another object, monolinguals select the object pointed at. Here, we ask whether (i) bilingual children show the same behavior as monolinguals and (ii) relative language proficiency affects bilinguals' conflict resolution. 35 monolingual and 32 bilingual two- to four-year-olds performed an experiment involving a conflict between pointing and labeling. The bilinguals were tested in Dutch and in English. The bilinguals had a stronger preference for pointing over labeling and selected both objects less often than the monolinguals. Point following was stronger in the bilinguals' weaker language than in their stronger language. These results support earlier findings on bilinguals' increased sensitivity to socio-pragmatic cues and weaker reliance on mutual exclusivity, and show that previously acquired language knowledge affects how children weigh socio-pragmatic and lexical cues. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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