Children's Comprehension of Plural Predicate Conjunction

Autor/inn/en	Tieu, Lyn; Romoli, Jacopo; Poortman, Eva; Winter, Yoad; Crain, Stephen
Titel	Children's Comprehension of Plural Predicate Conjunction
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 45 (2018) 1, S.242-259 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
Schlagwörter	Child Language; Form Classes (Languages); Preschool Children; Syntax; Phrase Structure; Reading Comprehension; Language Processing; Morphemes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Analytischer Sprachbau; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Phrasenstruktur; Leseverstehen; Sprachverarbeitung; Morphem
Abstract	Previous developmental studies of conjunction have focused on the syntax of phrasal and sentential coordination (Lust, 1977; de Villiers, Tager-Flusberg & Hakuta, 1977; Bloom, Lahey, Hood, Lifter & Fiess, 1980, among others). The present study examined the flexibility of children's interpretation of conjunction. Specifically, when two predicates that can apply simultaneously to a single individual are conjoined in the scope of a plural definite ("The bears are big and white"), conjunction receives a Boolean, intersective interpretation. However, when the conjoined predicates cannot apply simultaneously to an individual ("The bears are big and small"), conjunction receives a weaker "split" interpretation (Krifka, 1990; Lasersohn, 1995; Winter, 1996). Our experiments reveal that preschool-aged children are sensitive to both intersective and split interpretations, and can use their lexical and world knowledge of the relevant predicates in order to select an appropriate reading. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01