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SUMMARY:The pronoun interpretation problem in bilingual Dutch-German child
 ren - Petra Hendriks (University of Groningen)
DTSTART:20201029T163000Z
DTEND:20201029T180000Z
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CONTACT:Tim Laméris
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 STRACT*\n\nDutch-speaking children\, like English-speaking children\, make
  mistakes in their interpretation of pronouns until age 7 (English: e.g.\,
  Wexler & Chien\, 1985\; Chien & Wexler\, 1990\; Grimshaw & Rosen\, 1990. 
 Dutch: e.g.\, Philip & Coopmans\, 1996\; Spenader\, Smits & Hendriks\, 200
 9\; van Rij\, van Rijn\, & Hendriks\, 2010). This pattern is known as the 
 Delay of Principle B Effect\, or Pronoun Interpretation Problem. In contra
 st to English and Dutch-speaking children\, children acquiring German alre
 ady interpret pronouns correctly from age 4 (Ruigendijk et al\, 2010). Thi
 s cross-linguistic difference is not yet fully understood. In collaborativ
 e work with Esther Ruigendijk (University of Oldenburg)\, the question is 
 addressed what happens if a bilingual child acquires a language showing th
 e Pronoun Interpretation Problem (Dutch) and a language that does not show
  the Pronoun Interpretation Problem (German). Bilingual Dutch-German child
 ren were tested on pronoun interpretation in both languages (n=21\, age ra
 nge 3\;5-6\;11\, mean age 5\;4). In this talk I will present the results o
 f this study and discuss the implications for linguistic theory and for mo
 nolingual and bilingual language acquisition.
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