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Title:	漢語親子對話中情態動詞「要」之研究 A Study of the Modal Verb Yao in Mandarin Mother-child Conversation
Authors:	高健鈞 Gao, Jian-jun
Contributors:	黃瓊之 Huang, Chiung-chih 高健鈞 Gao, Jian-jun
Keywords:	情態動詞漢語語言習得親子互動 Modal Verb Mandarin Language Acquisition Mother-child Interaction
Date:	2020
Issue Date:	2020-09-02 11:35:40 (UTC+8)
Abstract:	本研究探討漢語親子對話中，情態動詞(modal verb)「要」的語意類型、語用功能，及語意與語用層面之間的關係。本研究所採用的語料為九位3;1-5;4的兒童與其母親的自發性對話。研究分析共分成三個部分。首先檢視情態動詞「要」的語意類型。結果表明，相較於參與者外部(participant-external)情態，兒童習得參與者內部(participant-internal)情態的意義較早，認知(epistemic)情態則很少出現在兒童的語言中。在母親言語中，情態動詞「要」的語意類型分佈似乎與孩子的使用相似。母親主要使用參與者內部情態和參與者外部情態的「要」，而認知情態則較少使用。第二個分析則探究情態動詞「要」的語用功能。結果發現，年紀較小的兒童通常使用情態動詞「要」來作為人際互動(interpersonal-oriented)的功能，如請求或要求許可；然而，較年長的孩子則使用較多的傳遞訊息(informational-oriented)功能。母親則傾向用情態動詞「要」的人際導向功能來口頭規範孩子的行為，且通常使用訊息導向功能來確認孩子的意見等。第三個分析涉及情態動詞「要」的語意與語用之間的關係。結果顯示，情態動詞「要」在兒童與母親各別的言語中，其語意都有各自偏好執行的語用功能。總體而言，情態動詞「要」的語意類型和語用功能提供了在漢語親子對話中，孩子的情態發展跟母親使用情態的重要資訊。 The present study investigated the use of the modal verb yao in terms of semantic types, pragmatic functions, and the relationships between semantic and pragmatic aspects in Mandarin mother-child conversation. The data examined in this study were spontaneous speech between nine children aged from 3;1 to 5;4, and their mothers. Three major analyses were conducted in this study. The first analysis examined the semantic types of the modal verb yao in the mother-child conversations. The results showed that the children acquired the participant-internal type relatively early, compared with the participant-external type, while the epistemic type was used marginally in the children’s speech. In the mothers’ speech, the distribution of the semantic types of the modal verb yao appears to be similar to the children’s use. The mothers mainly used the participant-internal and participant-external type and rarely used the epistemic types. The second analysis was conducted to investigate the pragmatic functions of the modal verb yao in the mother-child conversations. It was found that the younger children used the modal verb yao that served as an interpersonal-oriented function more frequently, such as making requests and asking for permission, while the older children more frequently used it to convey information. The mothers tended to verbally regulate their child’s behavior with the interpersonal-oriented function of the modal verb yao, and they confirmed their child’s volition with the informational-oriented function. The third analysis concerned the relationships between the semantic and pragmatic aspects of the modal verb yao in the mother-child conversations. It was found that in both of the children’s and the mothers’ speech, the semantic types of the modal verb yao had preferable pragmatic functions to perform. Overall, the semantic types and pragmatic functions of the modal verb yao provided important information about the children’s development and the mothers’ usage of modality in the mother-child conversations.
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