The Acquisition of Anaphora in Child Mandarin
Reflexive Binding and Argument Dropping
Ruya Li
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The Acquisition of Anaphora in Child Mandarin
Reflexive Binding and Argument Dropping
Ruya Li
Ă propos de ce livre
The Acquisition of Anaphora in Child Mandarin explores how Mandarin-speaking children's interpretation of the reflexive ziji and their use of null arguments can be understood under the notions of locality and prominence.
This book investigates the interpretation of ziji and the use of null subjects and null objects by experimenting on Mandarin-speaking children and adults using a range of experimental techniques such as the truth value judgment task, the picture identification task, and the story-telling task.
The book provides evidence to show that reflexive binding and argument dropping are determined by the interplay between universal principles and language-specific properties. It shows that children at the age of 4 make an adult-like distinction between the anaphoric and logophoric interpretations of ziji. The former is subject to the locality condition manifested by the blocking effect on the long-distance binding of ziji, whereas the latter is free from the locality condition and closely related to the understanding of the false beliefs of others.
This book is an important contribution to language acquisition research and can serve as a valuable reference for graduate students and researchers in the field of language acquisition, Chinese linguistics, psycholinguistics, and cognitive science.
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Table des matiĂšres
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgements
- About the Book
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Theories of Reflexive Binding and Pro-Drop
- 2 Acquisition Studies of Reflexives and Null Arguments
- 3 Experimental Studies of Reflexive Interpretation
- 4 An Experimental Study of Null Arguments
- 5 Feature Valuation and Maturation of Grammar
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Appendix 1: Test Sentences for Study 1
- Appendix 2: Test Sentences for Study 2
- Appendix 3: Test Sentences for Study 3
- Author Index
- Language Index
- Subject Index