说汉语儿童时间词习得个案研究

A Case Study on Time Word Acquisition of Mandarin- speaking Children

运用个案跟踪法、调查法、数理统计法、文献资料法,对两名说汉语儿童从2岁到5岁进行长期跟踪观察发现,在习得时间词的过程中,儿童首先习得"先—然后",再习得"以前—以后"。在这两组时间词中,儿童先习得用来描述事件发生次序的词,后习得描述事物发生的某一不确定时间阶段的词。笔者认为儿童对时序长短的认知是导致这一现象的主要原因。

With longitudinal method,survey,statistical method and document method,an analysis is conducted according to the longitudinal data of two Mandarin - speakingchildren from two to five years old. The result shows that during the process of acquiring time words,children acquired ＂ first - then＂ first,after that they got ＂ before - after＂ . Between these two groups of time words,children acquired the time words describing the sequence of events,then the time words describing things happening at uncertain time. Children＇s cognition of the length succession is the main reason for this phenomenon.