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Task Effects in the Interpretation of Pronouns

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Task Effects in the Interpretation of Pronouns. / Sanoudaki, E.; Varlokosta, S.
In: Language Acquisition, Vol. 22, No. 1, 03.06.2014, p. 40-67.

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Sanoudaki, E & Varlokosta, S 2014, 'Task Effects in the Interpretation of Pronouns', Language Acquisition, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 40-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/10489223.2014.928297

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Sanoudaki, E., & Varlokosta, S. (2014). Task Effects in the Interpretation of Pronouns. Language Acquisition, 22(1), 40-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/10489223.2014.928297

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Sanoudaki E, Varlokosta S. 2014. Task Effects in the Interpretation of Pronouns. Language Acquisition. 22(1):40-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/10489223.2014.928297

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Sanoudaki, E. and S. Varlokosta. "Task Effects in the Interpretation of Pronouns". Language Acquisition. 2014, 22(1). 40-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/10489223.2014.928297

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Sanoudaki E, Varlokosta S. Task Effects in the Interpretation of Pronouns. Language Acquisition. 2014 Jun 3;22(1):40-67. doi: 10.1080/10489223.2014.928297

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Sanoudaki, E. ; Varlokosta, S. / Task Effects in the Interpretation of Pronouns. In: Language Acquisition. 2014 ; Vol. 22, No. 1. pp. 40-67.

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Task Effects in the Interpretation of Pronouns

AU - Sanoudaki, E.

AU - Varlokosta, S.

N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Language Acquisition in June 2014, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/ DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10489223.2014.928297

PY - 2014/6/3

Y1 - 2014/6/3

N2 - Children acquiring a range of languages have difficulties in the interpretation of personal pronouns. Ongoing debates in the relevant literature concern the extent to which different pronoun types are subject to this phenomenon, as well as the role of methodology in relevant research. In this study, we use two different experimental tasks to examine the interpretation of pronominal elements in Greek, a language that has both strong pronouns and pronominal clitics. Results reveal a complete absence of problems in the interpretation of clitics irrespective of task. However, there were task effects in the comprehension of strong pronouns in both children and adults. Findings indicate that the phenomenon is intrinsically linked to the properties of the elements in question. Analysis of the task effects highlights how different methodological manipulations can shed light on different properties of the elements studied.

AB - Children acquiring a range of languages have difficulties in the interpretation of personal pronouns. Ongoing debates in the relevant literature concern the extent to which different pronoun types are subject to this phenomenon, as well as the role of methodology in relevant research. In this study, we use two different experimental tasks to examine the interpretation of pronominal elements in Greek, a language that has both strong pronouns and pronominal clitics. Results reveal a complete absence of problems in the interpretation of clitics irrespective of task. However, there were task effects in the comprehension of strong pronouns in both children and adults. Findings indicate that the phenomenon is intrinsically linked to the properties of the elements in question. Analysis of the task effects highlights how different methodological manipulations can shed light on different properties of the elements studied.

U2 - 10.1080/10489223.2014.928297

DO - 10.1080/10489223.2014.928297

M3 - Article

VL - 22

SP - 40

EP - 67

JO - Language Acquisition

JF - Language Acquisition

IS - 1

ER -