A Crosslinguistic Study of Symmetrical Judgments

Drozd, Ken; Anđelković, Darinka; Savić, Maja; Tošković, Oliver; Gavarró, Anna; Litte, Anna; Hržica, Gordana; Kovačević, Melita; Kuvač Kraljević, Jelena; Skordi, Athina; Jensen de López, Kristine; Sundahl, Lone; Hollebrandse, Bart; Van Hout, Angeliek; Van Koert, Margreet; Fabre, Eve; Hubert, Anja; Noveck, Ira; Ott, Susan; Yatsushiro, Kazuko; Balčiūnienė, Ingrida; Ruzaitė, Jūratė; Vija, Maigi; Gatt, Daniela; Grech, Helen; Kiebzak- Mandera, Dorota; Miekisz, Aneta; Gagarina, Natalia; Puzanova, Julia; Popović, Maša; Kapalkova, Svetlana; Slančová, Daniela; Smith, Nafsika; Van der Lely, Heather; Sauerland, Uli

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© 2019 Ken Drozd and all authors listed above. Proceedings of the 43rd Boston University Conference on Language Development, ed. Megan M. Brown and Brady Dailey, 217-230. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.

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Abstract

In this paper, we present some initial results of a large scale experiment designed to explore symmetrical judgments from a cross-linguistic perspective. Our experiment was conducted with 4-6-year-old children and adults using the same methodology in 12 languages: Catalan (Romance), Cypriot Greek (Greek), Danish, Dutch, and German (Germanic), Croatian, Polish, Russian, Serbian and Slovak (Slavic), Lithuanian (Baltic), and Maltese (Semitic). Our results show that although children’s performance with universal statements is remarkably uniform across languages, there is evidence that children find distributive universal quantification in some languages more difficult than in others.

Keywords:

universal quantifiers / symmetrical judgement / distributive interpretation / crosslinguistic study

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Proceedings of the 43rd annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, 2019, 43, 217-230

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Cascadilla Press. Somerville, MA.

Funding / projects:

The research reported here was undertaken as part of European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action A33

ISBN: 978-1-57473-096-8 (2 volume set, paperback)

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AU  - Litte, Anna
AU  - Hržica, Gordana
AU  - Kovačević, Melita
AU  - Kuvač Kraljević, Jelena
AU  - Skordi, Athina
AU  - Jensen de López, Kristine
AU  - Sundahl, Lone
AU  - Hollebrandse, Bart
AU  - Van Hout, Angeliek
AU  - Van Koert, Margreet
AU  - Fabre, Eve
AU  - Hubert, Anja
AU  - Noveck, Ira
AU  - Ott, Susan
AU  - Yatsushiro, Kazuko
AU  - Balčiūnienė, Ingrida
AU  - Ruzaitė, Jūratė
AU  - Vija, Maigi
AU  - Gatt, Daniela
AU  - Grech, Helen
AU  - Kiebzak- Mandera, Dorota
AU  - Miekisz, Aneta
AU  - Gagarina, Natalia
AU  - Puzanova, Julia
AU  - Popović, Maša
AU  - Kapalkova, Svetlana
AU  - Slančová, Daniela
AU  - Smith, Nafsika
AU  - Van der Lely, Heather
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AB  - In this paper, we present some initial results of a large scale experiment
designed to explore symmetrical judgments from a cross-linguistic perspective.
Our experiment was conducted with 4-6-year-old children and adults using the
same methodology in 12 languages: Catalan (Romance), Cypriot Greek (Greek),
Danish, Dutch, and German (Germanic), Croatian, Polish, Russian, Serbian and
Slovak (Slavic), Lithuanian (Baltic), and Maltese (Semitic). Our results show that
although children’s performance with universal statements is remarkably uniform
across languages, there is evidence that children find distributive universal
quantification in some languages more difficult than in others.
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Drozd, K., Anđelković, D., Savić, M., Tošković, O., Gavarró, A., Litte, A., Hržica, G., Kovačević, M., Kuvač Kraljević, J., Skordi, A., Jensen de López, K., Sundahl, L., Hollebrandse, B., Van Hout, A., Van Koert, M., Fabre, E., Hubert, A., Noveck, I., Ott, S., Yatsushiro, K., Balčiūnienė, I., Ruzaitė, J., Vija, M., Gatt, D., Grech, H., Kiebzak- Mandera, D., Miekisz, A., Gagarina, N., Puzanova, J., Popović, M., Kapalkova, S., Slančová, D., Smith, N., Van der Lely, H.,& Sauerland, U.. (2019). A Crosslinguistic Study of Symmetrical Judgments. in Proceedings of the 43rd annual Boston University Conference on Language Development
Cascadilla Press. Somerville, MA.., 43, 217-230.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4623

Drozd K, Anđelković D, Savić M, Tošković O, Gavarró A, Litte A, Hržica G, Kovačević M, Kuvač Kraljević J, Skordi A, Jensen de López K, Sundahl L, Hollebrandse B, Van Hout A, Van Koert M, Fabre E, Hubert A, Noveck I, Ott S, Yatsushiro K, Balčiūnienė I, Ruzaitė J, Vija M, Gatt D, Grech H, Kiebzak- Mandera D, Miekisz A, Gagarina N, Puzanova J, Popović M, Kapalkova S, Slančová D, Smith N, Van der Lely H, Sauerland U. A Crosslinguistic Study of Symmetrical Judgments. in Proceedings of the 43rd annual Boston University Conference on Language Development. 2019;43:217-230.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4623 .

Drozd, Ken, Anđelković, Darinka, Savić, Maja, Tošković, Oliver, Gavarró, Anna, Litte, Anna, Hržica, Gordana, Kovačević, Melita, Kuvač Kraljević, Jelena, Skordi, Athina, Jensen de López, Kristine, Sundahl, Lone, Hollebrandse, Bart, Van Hout, Angeliek, Van Koert, Margreet, Fabre, Eve, Hubert, Anja, Noveck, Ira, Ott, Susan, Yatsushiro, Kazuko, Balčiūnienė, Ingrida, Ruzaitė, Jūratė, Vija, Maigi, Gatt, Daniela, Grech, Helen, Kiebzak- Mandera, Dorota, Miekisz, Aneta, Gagarina, Natalia, Puzanova, Julia, Popović, Maša, Kapalkova, Svetlana, Slančová, Daniela, Smith, Nafsika, Van der Lely, Heather, Sauerland, Uli, "A Crosslinguistic Study of Symmetrical Judgments" in Proceedings of the 43rd annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, 43 (2019):217-230,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4623 .