The development of interrogative forms and functions in early childhood Cantonese  

Oleh:

Li, Hui ; Tse, Shek Kam ; Wong, Jessie Ming Sin ; Leung, Shing On

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: First Language (Full Text) vol. 33 no. 2 (Apr. 2013), page 168 –181.
Topik: Cantonese early childhood; question acquisition
Fulltext: First Language-2013-Li-168-81.pdf (413.02KB)

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This study investigated question acquisition in Cantonese-speaking young children with a focus on the development of interrogative forms and functions. Data from a child Cantonese corpus (492 children aged 36, 48 and 60 months) were analysed. The main results were that: (1) all the interrogative forms and functions were produced by the three age groups and no age difference was found; (2) significant gender differences in favour of females were found; and (3) a significant form-function preference was obtained, with wh- and multiple questions being primarily used to seek information, and yes/no and rising tone/echo questions being largely used to request action.

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