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  Preschoolers’ comprehension of pronouns and reflexives: The impact of the task

Bergmann, C., Paulus, M., & Fikkert, P. (2012). Preschoolers’ comprehension of pronouns and reflexives: The impact of the task. Journal of Child Language, 39, 777-803. doi:10.1017/S0305000911000298.

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Bergmann, Christina1, 2, Author           
Paulus, Markus3, Author
Fikkert, Paula1, Author
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1Centre for Language Studies • Radboud University Nijmegen, ou_55238              
2International Max Planck Research School for Language Sciences, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, Nijmegen, NL, ou_1119545              
3Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany, ou_persistent22              

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 Abstract: Pronouns seem to be acquired in an asymmetrical way, where children confuse the meaning of pronouns with reflexives up to the age of six, but not vice versa. Children’s production of the same referential expressions is appropriate at the age of four. However, response-based tasks, the usual means to investigate child language comprehension, are very demanding given children’s limited cognitive resources. Therefore, they might affect performance. To assess the impact of the task, we investigated learners of Dutch (three- and four-year-olds) using both eye-tracking, a non-demanding on-line method, and a typical response-based task. Eye-tracking results show an emerging ability to correctly comprehend pronouns at the age of four. A response-based task fails to indicate this ability across age groups, replicating results of earlier studies. Additionally, biases seem to influence the outcome of the response-based task. These results add new evidence to the ongoing debate of the asymmetrical acquisition of pronouns and reflexives and suggest that there is less of an asymmetry than previously assumed.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2012
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1017/S0305000911000298
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Title: Journal of Child Language
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Publ. Info: London : Cambridge University Press
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 39 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 777 - 803 Identifier: ISSN: 0305-0009
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/954925341743