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Direct linkKanero, Junko; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy; Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick – Journal of Child Language, 2016
Languages differ greatly in how they express causal events. In languages like Japanese, the subjects of causative sentences, or "causers," are generally animate and intentional, whereas in other languages like English, causers range widely from animate beings to inanimate objects (e.g. Wolff, Jeon & Li, 2009). This paper explores…
Descriptors: English, Japanese, Preschool Children, Task Analysis
