A aquisição do princípio C da teoria de ligação em português brasileiro: questões metodológicas

The distribution of referential expressions in natural languages isregulated by the Principle C. It is generally assumed that this principle is universal, operating in all languages. The goal of this studyis to investigate children’s knowledge about the Principle C. Oursubjects are Brazilian Portugu...

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Main Author: Elaine Grolla
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Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 2013-01-01
Series:Revista de Estudos da Linguagem
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Online Access:http://www.relin.letras.ufmg.br/revista/upload/2121-ElaineGrolla.pdf
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description The distribution of referential expressions in natural languages isregulated by the Principle C. It is generally assumed that this principle is universal, operating in all languages. The goal of this studyis to investigate children’s knowledge about the Principle C. Oursubjects are Brazilian Portuguese-speaking children ranging from4;0 to 6;6 years. More specifically, we investigate the acquisitionof Principle C by means of two different methods: the grammarjudgment task (GJT) and the truth-value judgment task (TVJJ). Thisis intended to address some critiques found in the literature arguingthat the TVJJ might not be appropriate for testing Principle C cases.Using two methods for testing the same structures with the samechildren, we were able to check potential differences in children’sbehavior by using these two methods. In general, the results suggest that children from 4;0 on display knowledge about PrincipleC, since they rejectviolations of the principle. The results also suggest that the TVJJ is appropriate for testing this principle.
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spelling doaj.art-686670844ee24036886da1da1ce623662022-12-21T20:08:54ZengUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisRevista de Estudos da Linguagem0104-05882013-01-01212A aquisição do princípio C da teoria de ligação em português brasileiro: questões metodológicasElaine GrollaThe distribution of referential expressions in natural languages isregulated by the Principle C. It is generally assumed that this principle is universal, operating in all languages. The goal of this studyis to investigate children’s knowledge about the Principle C. Oursubjects are Brazilian Portuguese-speaking children ranging from4;0 to 6;6 years. More specifically, we investigate the acquisitionof Principle C by means of two different methods: the grammarjudgment task (GJT) and the truth-value judgment task (TVJJ). Thisis intended to address some critiques found in the literature arguingthat the TVJJ might not be appropriate for testing Principle C cases.Using two methods for testing the same structures with the samechildren, we were able to check potential differences in children’sbehavior by using these two methods. In general, the results suggest that children from 4;0 on display knowledge about PrincipleC, since they rejectviolations of the principle. The results also suggest that the TVJJ is appropriate for testing this principle.http://www.relin.letras.ufmg.br/revista/upload/2121-ElaineGrolla.pdfPrinciple Cexperimental methodologiesbackward anaphoraforward anaphora
spellingShingle Elaine Grolla
A aquisição do princípio C da teoria de ligação em português brasileiro: questões metodológicas
Revista de Estudos da Linguagem
Principle C
experimental methodologies
backward anaphora
forward anaphora
title A aquisição do princípio C da teoria de ligação em português brasileiro: questões metodológicas
title_full A aquisição do princípio C da teoria de ligação em português brasileiro: questões metodológicas
title_fullStr A aquisição do princípio C da teoria de ligação em português brasileiro: questões metodológicas
title_full_unstemmed A aquisição do princípio C da teoria de ligação em português brasileiro: questões metodológicas
title_short A aquisição do princípio C da teoria de ligação em português brasileiro: questões metodológicas
title_sort aquisicao do principio c da teoria de ligacao em portugues brasileiro questoes metodologicas
topic Principle C
experimental methodologies
backward anaphora
forward anaphora
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