KONCEPTUALIZACJA PRZESTRZENI W WYPOWIEDZIACH DZIECKA PRZEDSZKOLNEGO NA PRZYKŁADZIE SCHEMATU BLISKO-DALEKO
Conceptualization of Space in the Utterances of a Kindegarden Child Based on the Near-Far Scheme

Summary/Abstract: The main research subject presented in the article concerns conceptualization of a fragment of the closest space (the way from home to kindergarten) registered in the utterances of kindergarten children. The author analyzed expressions children use to describe the near-far relation. She also gathered linguistic phrases they use to compare distance. The aim of the research was to solve practical problems, while conclusions from vocabulary analysis can help to make exercising material to enrich their space related vocabulary. As the research shows, toddlers use distance relations and apply vocabulary defining closeness and getting farther, while metrical estimation and comparison also occur in the semantic level of the utterances. One hundred and twenty children from four Wrocław kindergartens took part in the research, carried out by the author of the article in the years 2002-2005 (used in her doctorate). While gathering material, she considered the age and gender of the children, whereas the analyzed data are children's utterances about the way from home to kindergarten. In her analysis, she applied various methods: philological, statistic and cognitive.

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