Acquisition of polarity items in Czech children: An experimental study
The Czech polarity items i and ani are traditionally treated as English even. This paper deals with the acquisition of these polarity items in Czech children. These focus/scalar particles are specific for their sensitivity to probability. We aim to find out whether Czech children at primary school (...
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Faculty of Philology, University of Bialystok
2020-09-01
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| author | Linda Doleží Petra Kurfürstová Iveta Šafratová |
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| description | The Czech polarity items i and ani are traditionally treated as English even. This paper deals with the acquisition of these polarity items in Czech children. These focus/scalar particles are specific for their sensitivity to probability. We aim to find out whether Czech children at primary school (junior school age) have already acquired i/ani and whether they are able to connect them correctly with alternatives on the scale of probability. The research was conducted with children from the second and the fourth grade at primary school. The paper represents an initial insight into this area since no similar research has been done in the Czech language so far. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3e41a334b2934d81884cdfc6cfa156682022-12-21T18:49:33ZengFaculty of Philology, University of BialystokCrossroads2300-62502020-09-0130395610.15290/cr.2020.30.3.03540Acquisition of polarity items in Czech children: An experimental studyLinda Doleží0Petra Kurfürstová1Iveta Šafratová2Masaryk University, The Czech RepublicMasaryk University, The Czech RepublicMasaryk University, The Czech Republic; Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, GermanyThe Czech polarity items i and ani are traditionally treated as English even. This paper deals with the acquisition of these polarity items in Czech children. These focus/scalar particles are specific for their sensitivity to probability. We aim to find out whether Czech children at primary school (junior school age) have already acquired i/ani and whether they are able to connect them correctly with alternatives on the scale of probability. The research was conducted with children from the second and the fourth grade at primary school. The paper represents an initial insight into this area since no similar research has been done in the Czech language so far.https://czasopisma.filologia.uwb.edu.pl/index.php/c/article/view/540language acquisitionfocus particlesscalar particlesexperimental linguisticslanguage teaching |
| spellingShingle | Linda Doleží Petra Kurfürstová Iveta Šafratová Acquisition of polarity items in Czech children: An experimental study Crossroads language acquisition focus particles scalar particles experimental linguistics language teaching |
| title | Acquisition of polarity items in Czech children: An experimental study |
| title_full | Acquisition of polarity items in Czech children: An experimental study |
| title_fullStr | Acquisition of polarity items in Czech children: An experimental study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acquisition of polarity items in Czech children: An experimental study |
| title_short | Acquisition of polarity items in Czech children: An experimental study |
| title_sort | acquisition of polarity items in czech children an experimental study |
| topic | language acquisition focus particles scalar particles experimental linguistics language teaching |
| url | https://czasopisma.filologia.uwb.edu.pl/index.php/c/article/view/540 |
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