Comprehension of Infrequent Subject-Verb Agreement Forms: Evidence from French-Learning Children

Autor/inn/en	Legendre, Geraldine; Barriere, Isabelle; Goyet, Louise; Nazzi, Thierry
Titel	Comprehension of Infrequent Subject-Verb Agreement Forms: Evidence from French-Learning Children
Quelle	In: Child Development, 81 (2010) 6, S.1859-1875 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01515.x
Schlagwörter	Verbs; Morphemes; Grammar; French; Comprehension; Language Acquisition; Young Children; Age Differences; Adults; Child Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Morphem; Grammatik; Französisch; Verstehen; Verständnis; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Frühe Kindheit; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Kindesentwicklung
Abstract	Two comprehension experiments were conducted to investigate whether young French-learning children (N = 76) are able to use a single number cue in subject-verb agreement contexts and match a visually dynamic scene with a corresponding verbal stimulus. Results from both preferential looking and pointing demonstrated significant comprehension in 30-month-olds with no preference for either singular or plural. These results challenge previous claims made on the basis of English and Spanish that comprehension of subject-verb agreement expressed as a bound morpheme is late, around 5 years of age (V. A. Johnson, J. G. de Villiers, & H. N. Seymour, 2005; A.-T. Perez-Leroux, 2005). Properties of the adult input were also analyzed. Possible implications for theories of syntactic acquisition are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10