Korean Journal of Child Studies (아동학회지)

Korean Association of Child Studies (한국아동학회)
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Desire and Belief in Everyday Conversation of Korean Children : Evidence from Language Production Data

한국 아동의 일상생활 대화에서 나타난 바람과 믿음 : 산출자료를 중심으로

  • Gwon, Eun-Yeong (Department of Early Childhood Education, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Lee, Hyeon-Jin (Department of Early Childhood Education, Yeungnam University)
  • 권은영 (영남대학교 일반대학원 유아교육과) ;
  • 이현진 (영남대학교 사범대학 유아교육과)
  • Received : 2009.08.31
  • Accepted : 2009.11.11
  • Published : 2009.12.31
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Abstract

This study examined 10 Korean children's expressions of the mental states of desires and beliefs by analyzing mental state verbs as well as modal expressions in Korean production data. Mental expressions of desires and beliefs increased with increasing age. Two transition points of desires and beliefs were found in the data. First, belief expressions were less frequently produced than expressions of desires between 23 to 32 months. Second, belief expressions were much the same as desire expressions from 33 to 44 months. Finally, belief expressions were more frequently produced than desire expressions between 45 to 76 months. The authors suggest that these developmental transitions represent a conceptual change in understanding of mental states as proposed by Wellman (1990).

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