自然会话中的转述动作信号：儿童和成人使用对比分析

A Contrastive Analysis of the Signal of Representing Activities in Spontaneous Conversation between Children and Adults

转述动作信号是预示和理解转述内容的重要语境线索。以自然会话为语料,从句法和语义角度对转述动作信号进行分类,并对比儿童和成人两个人群的使用特征。研究表明:儿童和成人使用最多的信号是中性转述动词"说",且占比均高于81%,儿童使用的信号类型在涵盖范围上与成人接近;成人对信号的使用频率总体上显著高于儿童。上述研究在一定程度上证明了,儿童使用转述动作信号的能力已经接近于成人,但就整体而言,儿童在使用频率和多样性上依然与成人存在一定差距。

Signal of representing activities are the key clues for predicting and understanding represented content.Using spontaneous conversation as data,a contrastive study between children and adults in terms of their use of signal of representing activities has been conducted.The major findings are as follows:both groups use the neutral representing verb shuo as the most preferred signal,accounting for 81%of their total use;furthermore,the use of signal types of representing activities in children’s group is very close to that of the adults.adults’use of signal is in general much higher than that of children.The above results indicate that children have demonstrated the general ability to apply the signal of representing activities,but the frequency and diversity of their use still lag behind adults.