摘要
一在儿童的语言发展中,提问和回答问题技能的发展是一个重要的方面。它不仅需要有句法、语义的知识,而且需要掌握交谈的规则。回答问题,特别是对特殊疑问句(特指问)的回答,是一个复杂的过程。儿童是怎样回答问题的,他们对各个疑问词的理解是否有先后次序,我国在这方面还没有必要的资料。本研究的目的就是想探索中国幼儿回答特殊疑问句的发展特点,通过儿童的回答了解他们对各个疑问词的理解,并和国外的有关研究结果做一个比较。调查的对象为3岁、4岁、5岁、6岁和7岁儿童,共五个年龄组。
The development of the skill ofanswering guestions is an importantaspect in language acguisition,Themain purpose of this inrestigation wasto explore how Chinese young Childrenanswer Wh gneations and to look attheir wnderstanding of in terro gativesin terms of the ir answers.The subjectsconsisted of 160 children aged 3—7.They were asked to answer guestionswith who,what,where,when,how andwhy.The results in dicated that most3 years old were able to answer who,what and where guestions;most 4 yearsold were able to answer when and how;and not wntil 5 most Children couldanswer why appropriately.The answersto when,how and why guestions wereanalysed in the paper.In addition,theauthor compared the findings with thosein other countries.
