| Presentation | 2015-08-05 Japanese Children's Sensitivity to Prosody and Grammar in Interpreting Adjectives Motoki Nakajima, Nae Watanabe, Saki Yoshihira, |
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| Abstract(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Abstract(in English) | In this study, we experimentally investigated how Japanese children interpret adjectives located in front of noun phrases, such as 'marui(round) onigiri-no(rice ball-Gen) hako(box)' and N-N compounds, such as 'marui(round) onigiri-bako(rice ball-box)'. The former can be interpreted either as (i) a round box for rice balls or (ii) a box for round rice balls depending on prosody, while the latter can only be interpreted as (i), due to a constraint on compounds. Many children, however, chose (ii) interpretation both for noun phrases and N-N compounds. This result indicates that children cannot make use of prosodic cues and/or knowledge of grammar instantly as they make processing decisions. |
| Keyword(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Keyword(in English) | first language acquisition / prosody / morphology / compound / modifier |
| Paper # | TL2015-18 |
| Date of Issue | 2015-07-29 (TL) |
| Conference Information | |
| Committee | TL |
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| Conference Date | 2015/8/5(2days) |
| Place (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Place (in English) | Tsuda College |
| Topics (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Topics (in English) | Human Language Processing and Learning |
| Chair | Tadahisa Kondo(Kogakuin Univ.) |
| Vice Chair | Chiaki Kubomura(Yamano College of Aesthetics) / Masami Suzuki(KDDI R&D Labs.) |
| Secretary | Chiaki Kubomura(Univ. of Tsukuba) / Masami Suzuki(Kyorin Univ.) |
| Assistant | Eiji Tomida(Ehime Univ.) / Yasushi Tsubota(Kyoto Univ.) |
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| Registration To | Technical Committee on Thought and Language |
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| Language | ENG |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Sub Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Title (in English) | Japanese Children's Sensitivity to Prosody and Grammar in Interpreting Adjectives |
| Sub Title (in English) | |
| Keyword(1) | first language acquisition |
| Keyword(2) | prosody |
| Keyword(3) | morphology |
| Keyword(4) | compound |
| Keyword(5) | modifier |
| 1st Author's Name | Motoki Nakajima |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Nagano Prefectural College(Nagano Pref. Coll.) |
| 2nd Author's Name | Nae Watanabe |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | *(*) |
| 3rd Author's Name | Saki Yoshihira |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | *(*) |
| Date | 2015-08-05 |
| Paper # | TL2015-18 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.115 |
| Number (no) | TL-176 |
| Page | pp.pp.5-8(TL), |
| #Pages | 4 |
| Date of Issue | 2015-07-29 (TL) |