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- Title
- Children's knowledge of the quantifier dou in Mandarin Chinese
- Related
- Journal of psycholinguistic research, Vol. 40, Issue 3 (2011), p.155-176
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10936-010-9161-z
- Publisher
- Springer New York LLC
- Date
- 2011
- FoR/RFCD Code(s)
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170100 Psychology
200400 Linguistics
170200 Cognitive Sciences
- Author/Creator
- Zhou, Peng
- Author/Creator
- Crain, Stephen
- Description
- Published Online First on 09 November 2010. The quantifier dou (roughly corresponding to English 'all') in Mandarin Chinese has been the topic of much discussion in the theoretical literature. This study investigated children's knowledge of this quantifier using a new methodological technique, which we dubbed the Question-Statement Task. Three questions were addressed: (i) whether young Mandarin-speaking children know that dou is a universal quantifier that quantifies over the elements to its left, (ii) whether they know that dou is an adverb of quantification (Q-adverb) which can (unselectively) bind any variable in its domain, and (iii) whether they know that dou can quantify over wh-words. The main finding was that, by age four, Mandarin-speaking children have the relevant knowledge. The results reflect the early availability of adult-like linguistic knowledge of dou-quantification.
- Description
- 22 page(s)
- Subject Keyword
- 170100 Psychology
- Subject Keyword
- 200400 Linguistics
- Subject Keyword
- 170200 Cognitive Sciences
- Subject Keyword
- dou-quantification
- Subject Keyword
- universal quantifier
- Subject Keyword
- wh-words
- Subject Keyword
- child language
- Subject Keyword
- Mandarin chinese
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Dept. of Linguistics
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/127807
- Identifier
- ISSN:0090-6905
- Identifier
- mq-rm-2010005229
- Language
- eng
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