It has been argued that an Elicited Imitation Task gives better insights into the L1 acquisition ... more It has been argued that an Elicited Imitation Task gives better insights into the L1 acquisition of the Dutch quantitative pronoun ER than a Picture Elicitation Task. In this paper the results of an Elicited Imitation Task submitted to adult L1 French and L1 English learners of L2 Dutch are presented and compared to earlier results of a Grammaticality Judgment Task. Like Dutch and unlike English, French uses a quantitative pronoun in noun ellipsis constructions with a numeral. Earlier results revealed that in the Grammaticality Judgment Task there was no significant difference between both groups of L2 learners in their acceptance of ER, although this was predicted on the basis of possible transfer from their L1. In the Elicited Imitation Task, however, the L1 English learners repeated ER significantly less often than the L1 French learners. This can be attributed to the different nature of the two types of test.
The purpose of this research is to explore the emergence of several types of ER pronouns (Dutch) ... more The purpose of this research is to explore the emergence of several types of ER pronouns (Dutch) and EN pronouns (French) in L1 acquisition from both a language-internal and cross-linguistic perspective, and to identify the role of syntactic complexity (based on Jakubowicz' Derivational Complexity Metric) in this acquisition process. The analysis of spontaneous speech data reveals substantial temporal differences in the emergences of pronominal constructions, both language-internally and cross-linguistically. This study shows that the emergence patterns can be properly accounted for by applying the Derivational Complexity Metric to the spontaneous child data we collected.
contributed to test design, data collection and analysis, and writing up; they are listed alphabe... more contributed to test design, data collection and analysis, and writing up; they are listed alphabetically. Maria Lobo contributed to test design as well as data collection and analysis. The rest of the authors provided descriptions of the pronominal systems in the languages tested, translated the experimental materials into their own language, or contributed to collection and analysis of their own language data; they are listed alphabetically.
This study develops a single elicitation method to test the acquisition of third-person pronomina... more This study develops a single elicitation method to test the acquisition of third-person pronominal objects in five-year-olds for sixteen languages. This methodology allows us to compare the acquisition of pronominals in languages that lack object clitics (‘pronoun languages’) with languages that employ clitics in the relevant context (‘clitic languages’), thus establishing a robust cross-linguistic baseline in the domain of clitic and pronoun production for five-year-olds. High rates of pronominal production are found in our results indicating that children have the relevant pragmatic knowledge required to select a pronominal in the discourse setting involved in the experiment as well as the relevant morphosyntactic knowledge involved in the production of pronominals. It is legitimate to conclude from our data that a child who at age 5 is not able to produce any or few pronominals is a child at risk for language impairment. In this way, pronominal production can be taken as a developmental marker, provided that one takes into account certain cross-linguistic differences discussed in the paper. 1.
This study develops a single elicitation method to test the acquisition of third-person pronomina... more This study develops a single elicitation method to test the acquisition of third-person pronominal objects in 5-year-olds for 16 languages. This methodology allows us to compare the acquisition of pronominals in languages that lack object clitics (“pronoun languages”) with languages that employ
clitics in the relevant context (“clitic languages”), thus establishing a robust cross-linguistic baseline in the domain of clitic and pronoun production for 5-year-olds. High rates of pronominal production are found in our results, indicating that children have the relevant pragmatic knowledge required to select a pronominal in the discourse setting involved in the experiment as well as the relevant morphosyntactic knowledge involved in the production of pronominals. It is legitimate to conclude from our data that a child who at age 5 is not able to produce any or few pronominals is a child at risk for language impairment. In this way, pronominal production can be taken as a developmental marker, provided that one takes into account certain cross-linguistic differences discussed in the article.
This study develops a single elicitation method to test the acquisition of thirdperson pronominal... more This study develops a single elicitation method to test the acquisition of thirdperson pronominal objects in five-year-olds for sixteen languages. This methodology allows us to compare the acquisition of pronominals in languages that lack object clitics ('pronoun languages') with languages that employ clitics in the relevant context ('clitic languages'), thus establishing a robust cross-linguistic baseline in the domain of clitic and pronoun production for five-year-olds. High rates of pronominal production are found in our results indicating that children have the relevant pragmatic knowledge required to select a pronominal in the discourse setting involved in the experiment as well as the relevant morphosyntactic knowledge involved in the production of pronominals. It is legitimate to conclude from our data that a child who at age 5 is not able to produce any or few pronominals is a child at risk for language impairment. In this way, pronominal production can be taken as a developmental marker, provided that one takes into account certain cross-linguistic differences discussed in the paper.
It has been argued that an Elicited Imitation Task gives better insights into the L1 acquisition ... more It has been argued that an Elicited Imitation Task gives better insights into the L1 acquisition of the Dutch quantitative pronoun ER than a Picture Elicitation Task. In this paper the results of an Elicited Imitation Task submitted to adult L1 French and L1 English learners of L2 Dutch are presented and compared to earlier results of a Grammaticality Judgment Task. Like Dutch and unlike English, French uses a quantitative pronoun in noun ellipsis constructions with a numeral. Earlier results revealed that in the Grammaticality Judgment Task there was no significant difference between both groups of L2 learners in their acceptance of ER, although this was predicted on the basis of possible transfer from their L1. In the Elicited Imitation Task, however, the L1 English learners repeated ER significantly less often than the L1 French learners. This can be attributed to the different nature of the two types of test.
The purpose of this research is to explore the emergence of several types of ER pronouns (Dutch) ... more The purpose of this research is to explore the emergence of several types of ER pronouns (Dutch) and EN pronouns (French) in L1 acquisition from both a language-internal and cross-linguistic perspective, and to identify the role of syntactic complexity (based on Jakubowicz' Derivational Complexity Metric) in this acquisition process. The analysis of spontaneous speech data reveals substantial temporal differences in the emergences of pronominal constructions, both language-internally and cross-linguistically. This study shows that the emergence patterns can be properly accounted for by applying the Derivational Complexity Metric to the spontaneous child data we collected.
contributed to test design, data collection and analysis, and writing up; they are listed alphabe... more contributed to test design, data collection and analysis, and writing up; they are listed alphabetically. Maria Lobo contributed to test design as well as data collection and analysis. The rest of the authors provided descriptions of the pronominal systems in the languages tested, translated the experimental materials into their own language, or contributed to collection and analysis of their own language data; they are listed alphabetically.
This study develops a single elicitation method to test the acquisition of third-person pronomina... more This study develops a single elicitation method to test the acquisition of third-person pronominal objects in five-year-olds for sixteen languages. This methodology allows us to compare the acquisition of pronominals in languages that lack object clitics (‘pronoun languages’) with languages that employ clitics in the relevant context (‘clitic languages’), thus establishing a robust cross-linguistic baseline in the domain of clitic and pronoun production for five-year-olds. High rates of pronominal production are found in our results indicating that children have the relevant pragmatic knowledge required to select a pronominal in the discourse setting involved in the experiment as well as the relevant morphosyntactic knowledge involved in the production of pronominals. It is legitimate to conclude from our data that a child who at age 5 is not able to produce any or few pronominals is a child at risk for language impairment. In this way, pronominal production can be taken as a developmental marker, provided that one takes into account certain cross-linguistic differences discussed in the paper. 1.
This study develops a single elicitation method to test the acquisition of third-person pronomina... more This study develops a single elicitation method to test the acquisition of third-person pronominal objects in 5-year-olds for 16 languages. This methodology allows us to compare the acquisition of pronominals in languages that lack object clitics (“pronoun languages”) with languages that employ
clitics in the relevant context (“clitic languages”), thus establishing a robust cross-linguistic baseline in the domain of clitic and pronoun production for 5-year-olds. High rates of pronominal production are found in our results, indicating that children have the relevant pragmatic knowledge required to select a pronominal in the discourse setting involved in the experiment as well as the relevant morphosyntactic knowledge involved in the production of pronominals. It is legitimate to conclude from our data that a child who at age 5 is not able to produce any or few pronominals is a child at risk for language impairment. In this way, pronominal production can be taken as a developmental marker, provided that one takes into account certain cross-linguistic differences discussed in the article.
This study develops a single elicitation method to test the acquisition of thirdperson pronominal... more This study develops a single elicitation method to test the acquisition of thirdperson pronominal objects in five-year-olds for sixteen languages. This methodology allows us to compare the acquisition of pronominals in languages that lack object clitics ('pronoun languages') with languages that employ clitics in the relevant context ('clitic languages'), thus establishing a robust cross-linguistic baseline in the domain of clitic and pronoun production for five-year-olds. High rates of pronominal production are found in our results indicating that children have the relevant pragmatic knowledge required to select a pronominal in the discourse setting involved in the experiment as well as the relevant morphosyntactic knowledge involved in the production of pronominals. It is legitimate to conclude from our data that a child who at age 5 is not able to produce any or few pronominals is a child at risk for language impairment. In this way, pronominal production can be taken as a developmental marker, provided that one takes into account certain cross-linguistic differences discussed in the paper.
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clitics in the relevant context (“clitic languages”), thus establishing a robust cross-linguistic baseline in the domain of clitic and pronoun production for 5-year-olds. High rates of pronominal production are found in our results, indicating that children have the relevant pragmatic knowledge required to select a pronominal in the discourse setting involved in the experiment as well as the relevant morphosyntactic knowledge involved in the production of pronominals. It is legitimate to conclude from our data that a child who at age 5 is not able to produce any or few pronominals is a child at risk for language impairment. In this way, pronominal production can be taken as a developmental marker, provided that one takes into account certain cross-linguistic differences discussed in the article.
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clitics in the relevant context (“clitic languages”), thus establishing a robust cross-linguistic baseline in the domain of clitic and pronoun production for 5-year-olds. High rates of pronominal production are found in our results, indicating that children have the relevant pragmatic knowledge required to select a pronominal in the discourse setting involved in the experiment as well as the relevant morphosyntactic knowledge involved in the production of pronominals. It is legitimate to conclude from our data that a child who at age 5 is not able to produce any or few pronominals is a child at risk for language impairment. In this way, pronominal production can be taken as a developmental marker, provided that one takes into account certain cross-linguistic differences discussed in the article.