ERIC Number: EJ1208108
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
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A Case Study of the Sentence Final Particle "Ba"'s Pragmatic Functions in Chinese-Speaking Children
Zhang, Di; Wang, Zhibo; Elliot, Robert
International Journal of Early Childhood Education and Care, v7 p60-77 2018
The process of the language acquisition of children is reflected in two aspects; language structure and pragmatic functions. Data from "The Longtime Tracing Oral Corpus of Typical Development Children" (one child; 2,367 sentences) are analyzed. This study examines the child's sentence final particle (SFP) "ba", in which we focused on the intention of this word and concluding with the core pragmatic meaning and divided the different levels of "ba". In this way, we combined the different sentence types, the intentions of utterance, and the degrees of "undetermined intention" and researched on the pragmatic function of child's SFP "ba" in order to obtain the pragmatic acquisition of "ba" at the specific development period (1;12-4;01). The acquisition and development of children's language is the result of a combination of biological factors, discourse input, and cognitive ability. Finally, the enlightenment of the research conclusions on early childhood education are pointed out.
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Chinese, Case Studies, Language Acquisition, Computational Linguistics, Form Classes (Languages), Sentence Structure, Speech Communication, Child Language, Biology, Linguistic Input, Cognitive Ability, Early Childhood Education, Intention, Longitudinal Studies, Child Development, Foreign Countries
National Child Development Research Centre. Sultan Idris Education University, 35900 Tanjong Malim, Perak. e-mail: ncdrc@upsi.edu.my; Web site: https://ejournal.upsi.edu.my/journal/IJECEC
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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