View in EDS

Early Grammatical Marking Development in Mandarin-Speaking Toddlers

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Title: Early Grammatical Marking Development in Mandarin-Speaking Toddlers
Language: English
Authors: Huang, Ruoyu (ORCID 0000-0001-7389-8796), Fletcher, Paul, Zhang, Zhixiang, Liang, Weilan, Marchman, Virginia, Tardif, Twila
Source: Developmental Psychology. Apr 2022 58(4):631-645.
Availability: American Psychological Association. Journals Department, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002. Tel: 800-374-2721; Tel: 202-336-5510; Fax: 202-336-5502; e-mail: order@apa.org; Web site: http://www.apa.org
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 15
Publication Date: 2022
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Toddlers, Mandarin Chinese, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Skills, Morphemes, English, Syntax, Morphology (Languages), Foreign Countries
Geographic Terms: China (Beijing)
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory
DOI: 10.1037/dev0001316
ISSN: 0012-1649
Abstract: The current study examined early grammatical marking in a relatively understudied language, Mandarin, by using the Mandarin version of MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory. Two waves of data collection included 338 monolingual children (17-36 months; 143 female) at Time 1 and 308 children (32-55 months; 139 female) at Time 2 and their caregivers, whose education ranged from third grade (elementary school) or below to postgraduate with a median of high school. Our data showed a clear order of grammatical marking acquisition among these children and supported findings on the linguistic specificity of morphological development such that early- and late-acquired markers in Mandarin are not acquired in the same order as English or other languages. Negative "mei2," "bu4," possessive "-de," classifiers, and the aspect marker "le" were the earliest-acquired markers, followed by modals, negative "bie2," adverbs, sentence final particles, resultative verb compounds, and aspect markers "guo4" and "yao4." Complex clauses and the aspect marker "zheng4" were acquired the latest. Furthermore, consistent with previous cross-linguistic studies, the development patterns of a wide range of Mandarin grammatical markers indicate that markers that are more perceptually salient and obligatory, have clear form-meaning mappings, and often appear in isolation or utterance-final position were acquired earlier than others.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2022
Accession Number: EJ1333850
Database: ERIC
FullText Text:
  Availability: 0
Header DbId: eric
DbLabel: ERIC
An: EJ1333850
AccessLevel: 3
PubType: Academic Journal
PubTypeId: academicJournal
PreciseRelevancyScore: 0
IllustrationInfo
Items – Name: Title
  Label: Title
  Group: Ti
  Data: Early Grammatical Marking Development in Mandarin-Speaking Toddlers
– Name: Language
  Label: Language
  Group: Lang
  Data: English
– Name: Author
  Label: Authors
  Group: Au
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Huang%2C+Ruoyu%22">Huang, Ruoyu</searchLink> (ORCID <externalLink term="https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7389-8796">0000-0001-7389-8796</externalLink>)<br /><searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Fletcher%2C+Paul%22">Fletcher, Paul</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Zhang%2C+Zhixiang%22">Zhang, Zhixiang</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Liang%2C+Weilan%22">Liang, Weilan</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Marchman%2C+Virginia%22">Marchman, Virginia</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Tardif%2C+Twila%22">Tardif, Twila</searchLink>
– Name: TitleSource
  Label: Source
  Group: Src
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="SO" term="%22Developmental+Psychology%22"><i>Developmental Psychology</i></searchLink>. Apr 2022 58(4):631-645.
– Name: Avail
  Label: Availability
  Group: Avail
  Data: American Psychological Association. Journals Department, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002. Tel: 800-374-2721; Tel: 202-336-5510; Fax: 202-336-5502; e-mail: order@apa.org; Web site: http://www.apa.org
– Name: PeerReviewed
  Label: Peer Reviewed
  Group: SrcInfo
  Data: Y
– Name: Pages
  Label: Page Count
  Group: Src
  Data: 15
– Name: DatePubCY
  Label: Publication Date
  Group: Date
  Data: 2022
– Name: TypeDocument
  Label: Document Type
  Group: TypDoc
  Data: Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
– Name: Subject
  Label: Descriptors
  Group: Su
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Toddlers%22">Toddlers</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Mandarin+Chinese%22">Mandarin Chinese</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Grammar%22">Grammar</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Language+Acquisition%22">Language Acquisition</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Language+Skills%22">Language Skills</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Morphemes%22">Morphemes</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22English%22">English</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Syntax%22">Syntax</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Morphology+%28Languages%29%22">Morphology (Languages)</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Foreign+Countries%22">Foreign Countries</searchLink>
– Name: Subject
  Label: Geographic Terms
  Group: Su
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22China+%28Beijing%29%22">China (Beijing)</searchLink>
– Name: SubjectThesaurus
  Label: Assessment and Survey Identifiers
  Group: Su
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="SU" term="%22MacArthur+Communicative+Development+Inventory%22">MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory</searchLink>
– Name: DOI
  Label: DOI
  Group: ID
  Data: 10.1037/dev0001316
– Name: ISSN
  Label: ISSN
  Group: ISSN
  Data: 0012-1649
– Name: Abstract
  Label: Abstract
  Group: Ab
  Data: The current study examined early grammatical marking in a relatively understudied language, Mandarin, by using the Mandarin version of MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory. Two waves of data collection included 338 monolingual children (17-36 months; 143 female) at Time 1 and 308 children (32-55 months; 139 female) at Time 2 and their caregivers, whose education ranged from third grade (elementary school) or below to postgraduate with a median of high school. Our data showed a clear order of grammatical marking acquisition among these children and supported findings on the linguistic specificity of morphological development such that early- and late-acquired markers in Mandarin are not acquired in the same order as English or other languages. Negative "mei2," "bu4," possessive "-de," classifiers, and the aspect marker "le" were the earliest-acquired markers, followed by modals, negative "bie2," adverbs, sentence final particles, resultative verb compounds, and aspect markers "guo4" and "yao4." Complex clauses and the aspect marker "zheng4" were acquired the latest. Furthermore, consistent with previous cross-linguistic studies, the development patterns of a wide range of Mandarin grammatical markers indicate that markers that are more perceptually salient and obligatory, have clear form-meaning mappings, and often appear in isolation or utterance-final position were acquired earlier than others.
– Name: AbstractInfo
  Label: Abstractor
  Group: Ab
  Data: As Provided
– Name: DateEntry
  Label: Entry Date
  Group: Date
  Data: 2022
– Name: AN
  Label: Accession Number
  Group: ID
  Data: EJ1333850
PLink https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=eric&AN=EJ1333850
RecordInfo BibRecord:
  BibEntity:
    Identifiers:
      – Type: doi
        Value: 10.1037/dev0001316
    Languages:
      – Text: English
    PhysicalDescription:
      Pagination:
        PageCount: 15
        StartPage: 631
    Subjects:
      – SubjectFull: Toddlers
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Mandarin Chinese
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Grammar
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Language Acquisition
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Language Skills
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Morphemes
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: English
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Syntax
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Morphology (Languages)
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Foreign Countries
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: China (Beijing)
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory
        Type: general
    Titles:
      – TitleFull: Early Grammatical Marking Development in Mandarin-Speaking Toddlers
        Type: main
  BibRelationships:
    HasContributorRelationships:
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Huang, Ruoyu
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Fletcher, Paul
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Zhang, Zhixiang
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Liang, Weilan
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Marchman, Virginia
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Tardif, Twila
    IsPartOfRelationships:
      – BibEntity:
          Dates:
            – D: 01
              M: 04
              Type: published
              Y: 2022
          Identifiers:
            – Type: issn-print
              Value: 0012-1649
          Numbering:
            – Type: volume
              Value: 58
            – Type: issue
              Value: 4
          Titles:
            – TitleFull: Developmental Psychology
              Type: main
ResultId 1