TY - JOUR
T1 - Downward entailment in child Mandarin
AU - Su, Yi
AU - Zhou, Peng
AU - Crain, Stephen
N1 - Copyright 2012 Cambridge University Press. Article originally published in Journal of Child Language, Vol 39, iss 5, pp 957-990. The original article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0305000911000389.
PY - 2012/11
Y1 - 2012/11
N2 - There are three hallmarks of core linguistic properties. First, they are expected to be manifested in typologically different languages. Second, they should unify superficially unrelated linguistic phenomena. Third, they are expected to emerge early in the course of language development, all things being equal (Crain, 1991). The present study investigates a candidate for a core linguistic property, namely the semantic property of downward entailment. We report the findings of two experimental studies of children's knowledge of downward entailment. These experiments explore two different aspects of downward entailment, in a study with Mandarin-speaking children. Taken together with previous research findings, the results of the present study support the conclusion that downward entailment is a core property of human languages. ©
AB - There are three hallmarks of core linguistic properties. First, they are expected to be manifested in typologically different languages. Second, they should unify superficially unrelated linguistic phenomena. Third, they are expected to emerge early in the course of language development, all things being equal (Crain, 1991). The present study investigates a candidate for a core linguistic property, namely the semantic property of downward entailment. We report the findings of two experimental studies of children's knowledge of downward entailment. These experiments explore two different aspects of downward entailment, in a study with Mandarin-speaking children. Taken together with previous research findings, the results of the present study support the conclusion that downward entailment is a core property of human languages. ©
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U2 - 10.1017/S0305000911000389
DO - 10.1017/S0305000911000389
M3 - Article
C2 - 22123503
AN - SCOPUS:84867457010
SN - 0305-0009
VL - 39
SP - 957
EP - 990
JO - Journal of Child Language
JF - Journal of Child Language
IS - 5
ER -