On the acquisition of distributivity in Yudja release_6l7ljbdy2fft3b77g2snuwd42a

by Suzi Lima

Published in Revista de Estudos da Linguagem by Faculdade de Letras da UFMG.

2017   Volume 25, p1613

Abstract

This paper explores the acquisition of distributivity in Yudja (Tupi, Brazil) based on a study with children and adults. In this paper, we explore experimentally the hypothesis discussed in previous work (LIMA, 2008) that verbal reduplication is a pluractional marker (LASERSOHN, 2005) that also conveys distributivity. Two preference tasks were performed with 11 adults and 17 children. Adults' results show that the interpretation of ambiguous sentences is affected by the form of the noun phrase (conjoined nouns, pluralized nouns or bare nouns). Children's results suggest that they have an overall preference for a distributive interpretation of sentences regardless of the verb form and the NP type.
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