Object categorisation using Malay Shape-based numeral classifiers.
Categorisation is fundamental in human cognition and language development. Crosslinguistic studies on categorisation propose numeral classifiers as a linguistic manifestation of human categorisation and conceptualisation. Thus, studies on numeral classifier acquisition enable researchers to examine...
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ukm-27612016-12-14T06:32:33Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2761/ Object categorisation using Malay Shape-based numeral classifiers. Khazriyati Salehuddin, Winskel, Heather Categorisation is fundamental in human cognition and language development. Crosslinguistic studies on categorisation propose numeral classifiers as a linguistic manifestation of human categorisation and conceptualisation. Thus, studies on numeral classifier acquisition enable researchers to examine how children learn to categorise objects in their environment using a constrained framework, and how this ability becomes more refined as children grow older. This study investigated the strategies children utilise in categorising objects into eight Malay shape-based numeral classifier categories using a paired discrimination task. One-hundred-and-forty-eight children ranging in age from 6 to 9 years and a comparison group of adults participated in this study. Results revealed that children categorised objects more readily when there was a strong (two-perceptual feature distinction) than weak (one-perceptual feature distinction) contrast, and when exemplars were typical rather than atypical. There appears to be a gradual transition from a perceptually biased to a broader, more rule-based system. Penerbit UKM 2011-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2761/1/pp53-68.pdf Khazriyati Salehuddin, and Winskel, Heather (2011) Object categorisation using Malay Shape-based numeral classifiers. GEMA: Online Journal of Language Studies, 11 (3). pp. 53-68. ISSN 1675-8021 http://www.ukm.my/ppbl/Gema/gemahome.html. |
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Categorisation is fundamental in human cognition and language development. Crosslinguistic studies on categorisation propose numeral classifiers as a linguistic
manifestation of human categorisation and conceptualisation. Thus, studies on numeral classifier acquisition enable researchers to examine how children learn to categorise objects in their environment using a constrained framework, and how this ability becomes more refined as children grow older. This study investigated the strategies children utilise in categorising objects into eight Malay shape-based numeral classifier categories using a paired discrimination task. One-hundred-and-forty-eight children ranging in age from 6 to 9 years and a comparison group of adults participated in this study. Results revealed that children categorised objects more readily when there was a strong (two-perceptual feature distinction) than weak (one-perceptual feature distinction)
contrast, and when exemplars were typical rather than atypical. There appears to be a gradual transition from a perceptually biased to a broader, more rule-based system. |
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Khazriyati Salehuddin, Winskel, Heather Object categorisation using Malay Shape-based numeral classifiers. |
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Object categorisation using Malay Shape-based numeral classifiers. |
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Object categorisation using Malay Shape-based numeral classifiers. |
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Object categorisation using Malay Shape-based numeral classifiers. |
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Object categorisation using Malay Shape-based numeral classifiers. |
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Object categorisation using Malay Shape-based numeral classifiers. |
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object categorisation using malay shape-based numeral classifiers. |
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