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The Construction of Acquisition Pattern of Sentence-final Particles

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语言与认知科学 / 2019,5(1)：1−20 / 2019-08-26 592 592

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• 作者： Di      Zhang*,      Qianli      Xu      and      Robert      W.      Elliott     
• 单位：

  Cognitive Science and Linguistic Research Center, School of Foreign Language, Linyi University, Linyi, China

• 关键词： Chinese children; factor analysis; functional modal particles; language acquisition; SPF acquisition
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• 摘要： Based on a corpus of four Northern Chinese Mandarin-speaking subjects (children ranging from 1 to 4 years old), this study is intended to explore the subjects’ acquisition pattern of sentence-final particles (SFPs) and the dominant factors in their acquisition by analyzing the data of their time of SFP acquisition, mean length of utterance (MLU), the output frequency of the children’s SFPs, and the input frequency of the parents’ use of SFPs. It is found there are nine SFPs frequently used by the subjects, and the acquisition order is: tone particles > functional modal particles > general modal particles (“>” means earlier than). The dominant component affecting the overall internal language development of the subjects’ SFP is the functional modal particle. There is a correlation found between parent input and subject acquisition of SFPs, but with low significance. The abstract classification structure and the dominant order of sentence-final particles use are part of the children’s inherent and intrinsic linguistic knowledge and do not need to be learned. The role of adult discourse input frequency cannot exceed this principle of acquisition. It can only have a partial or individual corresponding influence on children’s language acquisition.
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• DOI： https://doi.org/10.35534/LCS201905001
• 引用： Di Zhang，Qianli Xu，Robert W. Elliott．The Construction of Acquisition Pattern of Sentence-final Particles［J］．Language and Cognitive Science，2019，5（1）：1−20．