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German-English-speaking children's mixed NPs with 'correct' agreement

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Jorschick, L; Endesfelder Quick, A; Glässer, D; Lieven, E; Tomasello, M
Published in: Bilingualism
April 1, 2011

Previous research has reported that bilingual children sometimes produce mixed noun phrases with 'correct' gender agreement- A s in der dog (der being a masculine determiner in German and the German word for dog, hund, being masculine as well). However, these could obviously be due to chance or to the indiscriminate use of a default determiner. In the current study, we established with high statistical reliability that each of three German-English bilingual children, of 2-4 years of age, produced such mixed NPs with 'correct' agreement at significantly greater than chance levels. Also noteworthy was the fact that all three children produced such NPs with German determiners and English nouns much more frequently than the reverse. These findings provide a solid statistical foundation for further studies into the phenomenon of mixed noun phrases with 'correct' gender agreement.

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Bilingualism

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EISSN

1469-1841

ISSN

1366-7289

Publication Date

April 1, 2011

Volume

14

Issue

2

Start / End Page

173 / 183

Related Subject Headings

  • Experimental Psychology
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 4704 Linguistics
  • 2004 Linguistics
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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Jorschick, L., Endesfelder Quick, A., Glässer, D., Lieven, E., & Tomasello, M. (2011). German-English-speaking children's mixed NPs with 'correct' agreement. Bilingualism, 14(2), 173–183. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728910000131
Jorschick, L., A. Endesfelder Quick, D. Glässer, E. Lieven, and M. Tomasello. “German-English-speaking children's mixed NPs with 'correct' agreement.” Bilingualism 14, no. 2 (April 1, 2011): 173–83. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728910000131.
Jorschick L, Endesfelder Quick A, Glässer D, Lieven E, Tomasello M. German-English-speaking children's mixed NPs with 'correct' agreement. Bilingualism. 2011 Apr 1;14(2):173–83.
Jorschick, L., et al. “German-English-speaking children's mixed NPs with 'correct' agreement.” Bilingualism, vol. 14, no. 2, Apr. 2011, pp. 173–83. Scopus, doi:10.1017/S1366728910000131.
Jorschick L, Endesfelder Quick A, Glässer D, Lieven E, Tomasello M. German-English-speaking children's mixed NPs with 'correct' agreement. Bilingualism. 2011 Apr 1;14(2):173–183.
Journal cover image

Published In

Bilingualism

DOI

EISSN

1469-1841

ISSN

1366-7289

Publication Date

April 1, 2011

Volume

14

Issue

2

Start / End Page

173 / 183

Related Subject Headings

  • Experimental Psychology
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 4704 Linguistics
  • 2004 Linguistics
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology