Cross-linguistic patterns in the acquisition of quantifiers

2016
Authors
Katsos, NapoleonCummins, Chris
Ezeizabarrena, Maria-Jose

Gavarro, Anna

Kuvač-Kraljević, Jelena

Hrzica, Gordana

Grohmann, Kleanthes K.

Skordi, Athina
de Lopez, Kristine Jensen

Sundahl, Lone
van Hout, Angeliek

Hollebrandse, Bart

Overweg, Jessica
Faber, Myrthe

van Koert, Margreet
Smith, Nafsika
Vija, Maigi
Zupping, Sirli
Kunnari, Sari

Morisseau, Tiffany
Rusieshvili, Manana
Yatsushiro, Kazuko

Fengler, Anja
Varlokosta, Spyridoula
Konstantzou, Katerina
Farby, Shira
Guasti, Maria Teresa

Vernice, Mirta
Okabe, Reiko
Isobe, Miwa
Crosthwaite, Peter

Hong, Yoonjee
Balciuniene, Ingrida

Nizar, Yanti Marina Ahmad
Grech, Helen

Gatt, Daniela

Cheong, Win Nee
Asbjornsen, Arve
Torkildsen, Janne von Koss
Haman, Ewa

Miekisz, Aneta
Gagarina, Natalia
Puzanova, Julia
Anđelković, Darinka

Savić, Maja
Jošić, Smiljana

Slancova, Daniela
Kapalkova, Svetlana

Barberan, Tania

Ozge, Duygu

Hassan, Saima
Chan, Cecilia Yuet Hung
Okubo, Tomoya
van der Lely, Heather
Sauerland, Uli

Noveck, Ira
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Learners of most languages are faced with the task of acquiring words to talk about number and quantity. Much is known about the order of acquisition of number words as well as the cognitive and perceptual systems and cultural practices that shape it. Substantially less is known about the acquisition of quantifiers. Here, we consider the extent to which systems and practices that support number word acquisition can be applied to quantifier acquisition and conclude that the two domains are largely distinct in this respect. Consequently, we hypothesize that the acquisition of quantifiers is constrained by a set of factors related to each quantifier's specific meaning. We investigate competence with the expressions for "all," "none," "some," "some. not," and "most" in 31 languages, representing 11 language types, by testing 768 5-y-old children and 536 adults. We found a cross-linguistically similar order of acquisition of quantifiers, explicable in terms of four factors relating to their... meaning and use. In addition, exploratory analyses reveal that language-and learner-specific factors, such as negative concord and gender, are significant predictors of variation.
Keywords:
language acquisition / universals / quantifiers / semantics / pragmaticsSource:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2016, 113, 33, 9244-9249Publisher:
- Natl Acad Sciences, Washington
Funding / projects:
- European Cooperation in Science and Technology Action A33 "Cross-Linguistically Robust Stages of Chi
- European Science Foundation Euro-XPrag Network
- United Kingdom Economic and Social Research Council XPrag-UK Network
- United Kingdom British Academy Grant [SG090676]
- Spanish Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad Project [FFI2014-56968-C4-1]
- University of Cyprus Project [8037-61017]
- Danish Council for Independent Research (Humanities) Grant [09-063957]
- Estonian Science Foundation [ETF7492]
- Estonian Research Council GrantEstonian Research Council [SF0180056s08]
- European Commission for Education and Culture Grant [135295-LLP-2007-UK-KA1SCR]
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research Grant [01UG0711]
- L. Meltzers Hoyskolefond
- Polish Ministry of Science and Higher EducationMinistry of Science and Higher Education, Poland [809
- National Science CentreNational Science Center, PolandNational Science Centre, Poland
- Fundamental cognitive processes and functions (RS-179033)
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1601341113
ISSN: 0027-8424
PubMed: 27482119
WoS: 000381399200049
Scopus: 2-s2.0-84984680191
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IPITY - JOUR AU - Katsos, Napoleon AU - Cummins, Chris AU - Ezeizabarrena, Maria-Jose AU - Gavarro, Anna AU - Kuvač-Kraljević, Jelena AU - Hrzica, Gordana AU - Grohmann, Kleanthes K. AU - Skordi, Athina AU - de Lopez, Kristine Jensen AU - Sundahl, Lone AU - van Hout, Angeliek AU - Hollebrandse, Bart AU - Overweg, Jessica AU - Faber, Myrthe AU - van Koert, Margreet AU - Smith, Nafsika AU - Vija, Maigi AU - Zupping, Sirli AU - Kunnari, Sari AU - Morisseau, Tiffany AU - Rusieshvili, Manana AU - Yatsushiro, Kazuko AU - Fengler, Anja AU - Varlokosta, Spyridoula AU - Konstantzou, Katerina AU - Farby, Shira AU - Guasti, Maria Teresa AU - Vernice, Mirta AU - Okabe, Reiko AU - Isobe, Miwa AU - Crosthwaite, Peter AU - Hong, Yoonjee AU - Balciuniene, Ingrida AU - Nizar, Yanti Marina Ahmad AU - Grech, Helen AU - Gatt, Daniela AU - Cheong, Win Nee AU - Asbjornsen, Arve AU - Torkildsen, Janne von Koss AU - Haman, Ewa AU - Miekisz, Aneta AU - Gagarina, Natalia AU - Puzanova, Julia AU - Anđelković, Darinka AU - Savić, Maja AU - Jošić, Smiljana AU - Slancova, Daniela AU - Kapalkova, Svetlana AU - Barberan, Tania AU - Ozge, Duygu AU - Hassan, Saima AU - Chan, Cecilia Yuet Hung AU - Okubo, Tomoya AU - van der Lely, Heather AU - Sauerland, Uli AU - Noveck, Ira PY - 2016 UR - http://ipir.ipisr.org.rs/handle/123456789/273 AB - Learners of most languages are faced with the task of acquiring words to talk about number and quantity. Much is known about the order of acquisition of number words as well as the cognitive and perceptual systems and cultural practices that shape it. Substantially less is known about the acquisition of quantifiers. Here, we consider the extent to which systems and practices that support number word acquisition can be applied to quantifier acquisition and conclude that the two domains are largely distinct in this respect. Consequently, we hypothesize that the acquisition of quantifiers is constrained by a set of factors related to each quantifier's specific meaning. We investigate competence with the expressions for "all," "none," "some," "some. not," and "most" in 31 languages, representing 11 language types, by testing 768 5-y-old children and 536 adults. We found a cross-linguistically similar order of acquisition of quantifiers, explicable in terms of four factors relating to their meaning and use. In addition, exploratory analyses reveal that language-and learner-specific factors, such as negative concord and gender, are significant predictors of variation. PB - Natl Acad Sciences, Washington T2 - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America T1 - Cross-linguistic patterns in the acquisition of quantifiers EP - 9249 IS - 33 SP - 9244 VL - 113 DO - 10.1073/pnas.1601341113 ER -
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