学前儿童第二语言习得的模因论解读

Memetics Interpretation on Preschool Children's Second Language Acquisition

模因论是解释文化进化规律的理论。语言既是模因,又是模因的载体;基于模因论视域的儿童第二语言习得探微路式,视儿童二语习得与二语模因的复制与传播是一个统一的整体;二语知识的传授、二语环境的创设、二语的交流和运用是模因复制和传播的途径;而母语迁移、良好二语习得环境的缺乏及儿童年龄发展特点的影响是二语模因变异的主要原因。

Memetics is a new theory for interpreting cultural evolution. Language is meme as well as carrier of meme. This article probes preschool children＇s language acquisition from the perspective of memetics and holds that children＇s second language acquisition process and the replication and transmission of second language meme is a unified whole. There are three ways for memes to be replicated and transmitted including educating and passing on second language, construction of second language environment and communicating and exchanging in second language. This paper also analyses the reasons for variation of second language meme including mother tongue transfer, the lack of good second language acquisition environment and influence of the characteristics of children＇s aging.