| Development of Abstract Grammatical Categorization in Infants. | |
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PMID: 23088333 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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This study examined abstract syntactic categorization in infants, using the case of grammatical gender. Ninety-six French-learning 14-, 17-, 20-, and 30-month-olds completed the study. In a preferential looking procedure infants were tested on their generalized knowledge of grammatical gender involving pseudonouns and gender-marking determiners. The pseudonouns were controlled to contain no phonological or acoustical cues to gender. The determiner gender feature was the only information available. During familiarization, some pseudonouns followed a masculine determiner and others a feminine determiner. Test trials presented the same pseudonouns with different determiners in correct (consistent with familiarization gender pairing) versus incorrect gender agreement. Twenty-month-olds showed emerging knowledge of gender categorization and agreement. This knowledge was robust in 30-month-olds. These findings demonstrate that abstract, productive grammatical representations are present early in acquisition. |
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Marilyn Cyr; Rushen Shi |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-10-22 |
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Title: Child development Volume: - ISSN: 1467-8624 ISO Abbreviation: Child Dev Publication Date: 2012 Oct |
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Created Date: 2012-10-23 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372725 Medline TA: Child Dev Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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© 2012 The Authors. Child Development © 2012 Society for Research in Child Development, Inc. |
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Université du Québec à Montréal. |
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