|
| << previous | next >> |
Journal description
All volumes of the corresponding journal
All issues of the corresponding volume
All articles of the corresponding issues
Details for article 3 of 5 found articles
| Title: |
Children's Interpretation of Indefinites in Sentences Containing Negation: A Reassessment of the Cross-linguistic Picture |
| Author: |
Unsworth, Sharon Gualmini, Andrea Helder, Christina |
| Appeared in: |
Language acquisition |
| Paging: | Volume 15 (2008) nr. 4 pages 315-328 |
| Year: |
2008-10 |
| Contents: |
Previous research suggests that children's behavior with respect to the interpretation of indefinite objects in negative sentences may differ depending on the target language: whereas young English-speaking children tend to select a surface scope interpretation (e.g., Musolino (1998)), young Dutch-speaking children consistently prefer an inverse scope interpretation (e.g., Kamer (2000)). In this article, we suggest that these data are not as puzzling as they first appear. Extending a proposal put forward by Hulsey, Hacquard, Fox, and Gualmini (2004), we show that both English- and Dutch-speaking children's behavior can be explained in the same way: children select the interpretation that answers the contextually relevant question. |
| Publisher: |
Psychology Press |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
Details for article 3 of 5 found articles
| << previous | next >> |