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Pragmatic factors facilitating children’s universal quantification: Evidence from child Turkish
Ozturhan, Munir
Ozturhan, Munir
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This study explores Turkish-speaking children’s universal quantification, by examining two pragmatic factors which may reduce their quantifier spreading (q-spreading), erroneous rejection of universally-quantified statements like “Every child is carrying a box” when there is a box nobody is carrying as well as box-carrying children. Experiment 1 examined a Turkish-specific grammatical factor involving the focus-marking question particle mI. When mI is attached to the quantified-subject, conveying the “It is every child that is carrying a box” interpretation, children gave more adult-like responses, revealing the effect of focus marking helping them avoid q-spreading. Experiment 2 examined a discourse factor, manipulating the Question Under Discussion in the experimental discourse; children provided more adult-like responses when the quantification was clearly presented as the topic at hand. Our findings confirm children’s successful universal quantification with pragmatic support, serving as the first to reveal the role of a language-specific grammatical factor (focus marking) facilitating children’s quantification.
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These are the slides from a presentation given at The 49th Annual Boston University Conference On Language Development on 11/10/2024.
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2024-11-10
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University of Kansas
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Turkish, Universal quantifiers, QUD, Focus