Simplified grammar in both languages? On scope assignment in Q-Neg sentences in English-dominant heritage Chinese speakers

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ID22159140
AutoresJennifer Shen (0000-0002-0130-2479, Duke University), Yunchuan Chen (0000-0002-7671-6350, Duke University)
Ano2022
Volume7
Fascículo1
Páginas5228
Data de publicação2022-05-05
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoProceedings of the Linguistic Society of America (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2473-8689 • E-ISSN: 2473-8689
EditoraLinguistic Society of America (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.3765/plsa.v7i1.5228
OpenAlexW4229006034
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas6

Quantifier-negation (Q-Neg) sentences are sentences like ‘All teachers did not use Donald’s car,’ where a negation word and universal quantifier occur in the subject position. There are both surface scope (all>not) and inverse scope (not>all) readings in English, but only the surface scope (all>not) reading is allowed in Chinese. This study conducted a picture-matching truth value judgment experiment to examine whether English-dominant heritage Chinese speakers know the difference between English and Chinese regarding the interpretation of Q-Neg sentences. The data reveals three different groups of participants: a. participants who accepted the inverse scope reading in both languages; b. participants who rejected the inverse scope reading in both languages; c. participants who accepted the inverse scope reading in English but rejected it in Chinese. Implications regarding heritage language research will be discussed

Grammar · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Negation · Statistics · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Mathematics · Multilingual Education and Policy · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Psychology