| Presentation | 2016-07-23 Japanese children's scope interpretation revisited Natsumi Shibata, |
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| Abstract(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Abstract(in English) | It has been known that doubly-quantified sentences in Japanese do not show scope ambiguity unlike English. According to Reinhart (2006), QR is a marked operation, and applies just in case it is forced by interface needs. This study shows, based on Reinhart’s theory, how inverse-scope readings in Japanese are blocked. Then we reanalyze acquisition data from previous studies and show that, in experimental contexts using a truth-value judgment task, children accept inverse-scope readings by chance. We argue, supporting Reinhart’s theory, that children’s chance-level acceptance is due to their limited working memory. That is, blocking inverse-scope readings requires a costly operation called reference-set computation, and children do not have sufficient processing capacity to execute it. Therefore, they resort to guesswork and give inconsistent responses. |
| Keyword(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Keyword(in English) | doubly-quantified sentence / inverse-scope reading / child Japanese / reference-set computation / scope / truth-value judgment task / quantifier / quantifier raising |
| Paper # | TL2016-17 |
| Date of Issue | 2016-07-16 (TL) |
| Conference Information | |
| Committee | TL |
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| Conference Date | 2016/7/23(2days) |
| Place (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Place (in English) | Waseda Univ. (Nishi-Waseda Campus) |
| Topics (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Topics (in English) | Human Language Processing and Learning |
| Chair | Masami Suzuki(KDDI R&D Labs.) |
| Vice Chair | Chiaki Kubomura(Yamano College of Aesthetics) |
| Secretary | Chiaki Kubomura(Ehime Univ.) |
| Assistant | Yasushi Tsubota(Kyoto Univ.) / Nobuyuki Jincho(Waseda Univ.) |
| Paper Information | |
| 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 scope interpretation revisited |
| Sub Title (in English) | |
| Keyword(1) | doubly-quantified sentence |
| Keyword(2) | inverse-scope reading |
| Keyword(3) | child Japanese |
| Keyword(4) | reference-set computation |
| Keyword(5) | scope |
| Keyword(6) | truth-value judgment task |
| Keyword(7) | quantifier |
| Keyword(8) | quantifier raising |
| 1st Author's Name | Natsumi Shibata |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | The University of Tokyo(U. of Tokyo) |
| Date | 2016-07-23 |
| Paper # | TL2016-17 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.116 |
| Number (no) | TL-159 |
| Page | pp.pp.25-30(TL), |
| #Pages | 6 |
| Date of Issue | 2016-07-16 (TL) |