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| Presentation | 2019-07-28 14:40 Do children know whanything? -- Acquisition of wh-ambiguity in Mandarin -- Yu'an Yang, Daniel Goodhue, Valentine Hacquard, Jeffrey Lidz (UMD)  TL2019-35 |
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| Abstract | (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| (in English) | Identifying interrogatives in a language is a challenging task, especially for children acquiring languages like Mandarin, where there is no wh-movement and wh-words (wh) can function both as question words and indefinites (Huang 1982 a.o.). As a result of these factors, strings like "Xiaoyang mei chi shenme" (Little lamb neg eat what) can either be interpreted as a question or a statement. In this study we show preschoolers are aware of this ambiguity and can use prosody to arrive at the correct interpretation (Exp 1), but have trouble blocking the interrogative interpretation in V-not-V questions (Exp 2). | |
| Keyword | (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| (in English) | Wh-indeterminate / wh-question / prosody / / / / / | |
| Reference Info. | IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 119, no. 151, TL2019-35, pp. 121-121, July 2019. | |
| Paper # | TL2019-35 | |
| Date of Issue | 2019-07-20 (TL) | |
| ISSN | Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685 Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380 | |
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| Committee | TL |
| Conference Date | 2019-07-27 - 2019-07-28 |
| Place (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Place (in English) | Hirao Seminar House, Konan University |
| Topics (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Topics (in English) | Human Language Processing and Learning |
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| Registration To | TL |
| Conference Code | 2019-07-TL |
| Language | English |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Sub Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Title (in English) | Do children know whanything? |
| Sub Title (in English) | Acquisition of wh-ambiguity in Mandarin |
| Keyword(1) | Wh-indeterminate |
| Keyword(2) | wh-question |
| Keyword(3) | prosody |
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| 1st Author's Name | Yu'an Yang |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) |
| 2nd Author's Name | Daniel Goodhue |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) |
| 3rd Author's Name | Valentine Hacquard |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) |
| 4th Author's Name | Jeffrey Lidz |
| 4th Author's Affiliation | University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) |
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| Speaker | Author-1 |
| Date Time | 2019-07-28 14:40:00 |
| Presentation Time | 30 minutes |
| Registration for | TL |
| Paper # | TL2019-35 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.119 |
| Number (no) | no.151 |
| Page | p.121 |
| #Pages | 1 |
| Date of Issue | 2019-07-20 (TL) |
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