Presentation 2011-08-05
How Do Children Map Verbs to Event Representations? : Case particles as Cues for Japanese Children
Kyoko Sakamoto, Noburo Saji, Mutsumi Imai, Hiromu Sakai,
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Abstract(in English) We investigate whether 5-years-old native Japanese children can effectively use case particles as a cue to map conceptual representations to novel verbs. In a novel experiment, we utilize (1) causative events that involve an Action component as well as a Causative component and (2) event descriptions that are marked by a nominative marker '-GA'. We will discuss how children use case particles as effective cues in figuring out novel-verb meanings comparing with adults mapping.
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Keyword(in English) Verb Learning / Case Particle / Causative Event / Event Sub-Component
Paper # TL2011-15
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Conference Date 2011/7/29(1days)
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Title (in English) How Do Children Map Verbs to Event Representations? : Case particles as Cues for Japanese Children
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Keyword(1) Verb Learning
Keyword(2) Case Particle
Keyword(3) Causative Event
Keyword(4) Event Sub-Component
1st Author's Name Kyoko Sakamoto
1st Author's Affiliation Hiroshima University:Japan Society for the Promotion of Science()
2nd Author's Name Noburo Saji
2nd Author's Affiliation Keio University:Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
3rd Author's Name Mutsumi Imai
3rd Author's Affiliation Keio University
4th Author's Name Hiromu Sakai
4th Author's Affiliation Hiroshima University
Date 2011-08-05
Paper # TL2011-15
Volume (vol) vol.111
Number (no) 170
Page pp.pp.-
#Pages 6
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