幼児の連体修飾発話における助詞「ノ」の誤用

概要

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In Japanese, the modification of a noun by an adjective is expressed by putting an adjective in front of the noun it modifies. Young children, however, tend to insert a particle no (English equivalent of of or 's) between the adjective and the noun, i.e., adjective - no - noun. This is an error. To determine the period of its occurrence and the reason for this error, data were gathered by longitudinal observation of the spontaneous speech that two Japanese children produced from the age of 10 months to 2; 11 years. Results show that this type of error appeared between the latter half of the second year and the first half of the 3rd year. The errors were interpreted as an overgeneralization of the usage of noun - no- noun, a correct construction that the children frequently used before the appearance of the errors. Moreover, it was suggested that the use of particle no as a nominalizer might also be concerned with the errors. Developmental implications of this error are discussed in terms of the acquisition process of case particle no and that of adjective and adjective -noun construction.
日本発達心理学会の論文
1990-07-25