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Publication Date: 2019-Dec
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Intrasentential Binding and Extrasentential Binding in Child and Adult Korean
Joo, Kum-Jeong; Ud Deen, Kamil
First Language, v39 n6 p633-651 Dec 2019
This article investigates the binding properties of the Korean reflexive "caki." Korean "caki" allows a local antecedent, a long-distance sentence-internal antecedent, and (unusually) an extrasentential antecedent. Two experiments were conducted with Korean-speaking child participants (mean age = 5;8; age range = 5;1-6;4) and adult controls. The first tested local binding versus long-distance intrasentential binding, and the second tested extrasentential binding. The results show, first, that the children allowed both a local and a long-distance antecedent for "caki," with a preference for the long-distance reading (counter to many claims that children show a robust preference for local antecedents crosslinguistically). Second, the children allowed "caki" to refer to an antecedent in a preceding sentence. These results indicate that, at an early stage, Korean children have acquired adult-like knowledge of the complex properties of "caki," including what might be considered the computationally taxing option of extrasentential binding.
Descriptors: Korean, Native Language, Preferences, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Language Acquisition, Sentence Structure, Comparative Analysis, College Students, Task Analysis, Form Classes (Languages), Decision Making, Pictorial Stimuli, Kindergarten, Foreign Countries
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education
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