Downward Entailment in Child Mandarin

Autor/inn/en	Su, Yi; Zhou, Peng; Crain, Stephen
Titel	Downward Entailment in Child Mandarin
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 39 (2012) 5, S.957-990 (34 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
DOI	10.1017/S0305000911000389
Schlagwörter	Linguistic Theory; Semantics; Language Acquisition; Mandarin Chinese; Child Language; Language Classification; Language Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Linguistische Theorie; Semantik; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Sprachtypologie; Sprachforschung
Abstract	There are three hallmarks of core linguistic properties. First, they are expected to be manifested in typologically different languages. Second, they should unify superficially unrelated linguistic phenomena. Third, they are expected to emerge early in the course of language development, all things being equal (Crain, 1991). The present study investigates a candidate for a core linguistic property, namely the semantic property of downward entailment. We report the findings of two experimental studies of children's knowledge of downward entailment. These experiments explore two different aspects of downward entailment, in a study with Mandarin-speaking children. Taken together with previous research findings, the results of the present study support the conclusion that downward entailment is a core property of human languages. (As Provided).
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