Although children's use of speech registers such as Baby Talk is well documented, little is known about their understanding of Foreigner Talk, a register addressed to non-native speakers. In Study 1, 4- to 8-year-old children and adults (N = 125) heard 4 registers (Foreigner Talk, Baby Talk, Peer Talk, and Teacher Talk) and predicted who would receive each. By 5 years, children selected the target addressee of Foreigner Talk above chance. In Study 2, 5- to 8-year-old children and adults (N = 94) completed a register match task manipulating 3 addressee cues: language, appearance, and origin. Prior to 7-8 years of age, children did not use the language cue alone when identifying the addressee of Foreigner Talk, and at no age did children use one cue more than another. In contrast, adults made use of language and appearance more than the origin cue. These findings suggest that an understanding of Foreigner Talk emerges by school age yet also undergoes developmental change. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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儿童对外国人说话识别的发展

尽管儿童使用诸如 Baby Talk 之类的语音语域有很多记录，但人们对他们对 Foreigner Talk（一种针对非母语人士的语域）的理解知之甚少。在研究 1 中，4 到 8 岁的儿童和成人（N = 125）听到了 4 个语域（外国人谈话、婴儿谈话、同伴谈话和教师谈话），并预测谁会收到每一个。到5岁时，孩子们在机会之上选择了外国人谈话的目标收件人。在研究 2 中，5 到 8 岁的儿童和成人（N = 94）完成了一项处理 3 个收件人线索的注册匹配任务：语言、外表和来源。在 7-8 岁之前，儿童在识别外国人谈话的对象时并没有单独使用语言提示，并且在任何年龄儿童都不会使用一种提示多于另一种提示。相比之下，成年人更多地利用语言和外表而不是起源线索。这些发现表明，对外国人谈话的理解在学龄期出现，但也经历了发展变化。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA，保留所有权利）。