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Article: Predicting the development of interrogative forms and functions in early years: a corpus-based study of Mandarin-speaking young children
Title | Predicting the development of interrogative forms and functions in early years: a corpus-based study of Mandarin-speaking young children |
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Issue Date | 2017 |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=JCL |
Citation | Journal of Child Language, 2017, v. 44 n. 1, p. 216-238 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This study examined the development of and possible predictors of interrogative forms and functions in early childhood Mandarin. All the interrogatives drawn from the Early Child Mandarin Corpus (168 children 2;6, 3;6, 4;6, and 5;6) were analyzed. The main results indicated that (i) there were significant age effects in interrogative forms and functions, with the periods between the ages of 3;6 and 4;6 and between the ages of 2;6 and 3;6 being critical in the early acquisition of interrogative forms and functions, respectively; (ii) the form–function preference was verified, with wh-questions being primarily used to seek information (RfI), and intonation/echo and rhetorical questions being used to request action (RfA); (iii) more than half (59·5%) of the Mandarin interrogatives were used for RfI, whereas only 38·9% of them were used for RfA; and (iv) age, TV viewing time, and parent–child conversation time were the significant predictors of interrogative development. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/229522 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.7 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.990 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Li, H | - |
dc.contributor.author | Jing, M | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wong, ECM | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-23T14:11:40Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2016-08-23T14:11:40Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Child Language, 2017, v. 44 n. 1, p. 216-238 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0305-0009 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/229522 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This study examined the development of and possible predictors of interrogative forms and functions in early childhood Mandarin. All the interrogatives drawn from the Early Child Mandarin Corpus (168 children 2;6, 3;6, 4;6, and 5;6) were analyzed. The main results indicated that (i) there were significant age effects in interrogative forms and functions, with the periods between the ages of 3;6 and 4;6 and between the ages of 2;6 and 3;6 being critical in the early acquisition of interrogative forms and functions, respectively; (ii) the form–function preference was verified, with wh-questions being primarily used to seek information (RfI), and intonation/echo and rhetorical questions being used to request action (RfA); (iii) more than half (59·5%) of the Mandarin interrogatives were used for RfI, whereas only 38·9% of them were used for RfA; and (iv) age, TV viewing time, and parent–child conversation time were the significant predictors of interrogative development. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Cambridge University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=JCL | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Child Language | - |
dc.rights | Journal of Child Language. Copyright © Cambridge University Press. | - |
dc.title | Predicting the development of interrogative forms and functions in early years: a corpus-based study of Mandarin-speaking young children | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Li, H: huili@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Jing, M: jingmg@HKUCC-COM.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Li, H=rp00926 | - |
dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/S0305000916000088 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84959212740 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 259869 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000390347600008 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0305-0009 | - |