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ArticleJournal of psycholinguistic research2018

The Acquisition of Exhaustive Pairing in Multiple Wh-Questions in Mandarin.

Jill de Villiers, Chunyan Ning, Xueman Lucy Liu, Yi Wen Zhang, Fan Jiang

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Article in Journal of psycholinguistic research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Jill de VilliersPsychology and Philosophy, Smith College, Northampton, MA, USA. Jdevilli@smith.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2906-3537
Chunyan NingInstitute of Linguistics, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China.
Xueman Lucy LiuResearch, Bethel Hearing and Speaking Training Center, Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA.
Yi Wen ZhangDepartment of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Shanghai Children's Medical Center Affiliated to Medical School of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Fan JiangDepartment of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Shanghai Children's Medical Center Affiliated to Medical School of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CNSmith College · USThe University of Texas at Dallas · USTianjin Normal University · CN

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Abstract

The comprehension of paired wh-questions is examined in child Mandarin, to compare the age of acquisition with that of children speaking European languages like English and German. In Study 1, participants were 734 Mandarin speakers aged 2;6-7;11, drawn from four regions of China. Results reveal a striking parallel between the acquisition of exhaustive answers in Mandarin and that in languages with wh-movement. The significant correlation with children's exhaustive interpretations of the universal quantifier every (dou) also parallels findings in English. In Study 2, the performance of children (N = 100) identified as having language impairment is compared to that of non-impaired children (N = 130), and the results support the idea that answering these paired wh-questions is a potential semantic deficit in language-delayed children.

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Language DevelopmentLinguisticsChildChild, PreschoolChinaComprehensionFemaleHumansLanguage Development DisordersMaleSemanticsAcquisitionAssessmentExhaustivityMandarinSemantic deficitWh-questions

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