| Presentation | 2011-08-05 Animacy Effects on Word Order in VOS Language : Evidence from a Picture Description Task in Kaqchikel Takuya Kubo, Hajime Ono, Mikihiro Tanaka, Masatoshi Koizumi, Hiromu Sakai, |
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| Abstract(in English) | Recent production studies have shown that the linear order of NPs is affected by animacy in a way that an animate NP tends to be produced earlier than an inanimate NP. However, since this was only examined in a limited number of languages, it is not clear whether this tendency can be observed universally or constrained by typological differences. In this study we conducted a picture description task by manipulating patient animacy and examined how animacy affects word order in a verb-initial language (VOS) such as Kaqchikel. Our results demonstrate that, in contrast to previous findings, VOS sentences are more likely to be produced when patient NPs are inanimate than when they are animate. |
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| Keyword(in English) | Word order / Animacy / VOS language / Ambiguity |
| Paper # | TL2011-11 |
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| Committee | TL |
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| Conference Date | 2011/7/29(1days) |
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| Registration To | Thought and Language (TL) |
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| Language | JPN |
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| Title (in English) | Animacy Effects on Word Order in VOS Language : Evidence from a Picture Description Task in Kaqchikel |
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| Keyword(1) | Word order |
| Keyword(2) | Animacy |
| Keyword(3) | VOS language |
| Keyword(4) | Ambiguity |
| 1st Author's Name | Takuya Kubo |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University() |
| 2nd Author's Name | Hajime Ono |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kinki University |
| 3rd Author's Name | Mikihiro Tanaka |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Showa University |
| 4th Author's Name | Masatoshi Koizumi |
| 4th Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University |
| 5th Author's Name | Hiromu Sakai |
| 5th Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University |
| Date | 2011-08-05 |
| Paper # | TL2011-11 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.111 |
| Number (no) | 170 |
| Page | pp.pp.- |
| #Pages | 6 |
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