Cross-linguistic studies of directionality in first language acquisition
The Japanese data – a response to O'Grady, Suzuki-Wei & Cho 1986
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20366366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara Lust (0000-0002-7923-7937, Cornell University, corresponding author), Reiko Mazuka (0000-0001-7862-7768, Cornell University) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 665-684 |
| Publication date | 1989-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Child Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-0009 • E-ISSN: 1469-7602 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0305000900010783 |
| PMID | 2808580 |
| OpenAlex | W2083134192 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 20 |
Elsewhere we have argued on the basis of cross linguistic studies of directionality effects on anaphora in child language, that there is no universal ‘forward directionality preference (FDP)’; rather such a preference is linked to languages with specific grammatical properties. Although such a preference has been attested in English acquisition, matched experimental designs in Japanese, Chinese and Sinhalese, for example, do not show this effect. In this paper we argue that current attempts to show that forward directionality effects can also be induced in Japanese acquisition do not succeed in supporting the FDP. Specifics of the design of stimulus sentences in these experiments vary previous cross-linguistic designs so as to favour forward directionality on independent grounds, and confound cross linguistic comparisons. They in fact support a universal structure dependence in children's hypotheses about directionality of anaphora’
Directionality · Linguistic universal · Linguistics · Preference · Theoretical linguistics · Language Development and Disorders · Mathematics · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
Studies in the Acquisition of Anaphora
Directionality preferences in the interpretation of anaphora
On the Japanese ‘Double Subject’ Construction
On the So-Called “Zero Pronouns” in Japanese
Pragmatics and Linguistics
On the acquisition of pronominal reference
Topic constructions in Japanese
Deep-Structure Binding of Pronouns and Anaphoric Bleeding
Grammatical Relations and Surface Cases
The Structure of the Japanese Language
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2019 (30) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |