How Do 5-Year-Olds Understand Questions? Differences in Languages across Europe

Autor/inn/en	Sauerland, Uli; Grohmann, Kleanthes K.; Guasti, Maria Teresa; Andelkovic, Darinka; Argus, Reili; Armon-Lotem, Sharon; Arosio, Fabrizio; Avram, Larisa; Costa, João; Dabašinskiene, Ineta; de López, Kristine; Gatt, Daniela; Grech, Helen; Haman, Ewa; van Hout, Angeliek; Hrzica, Gordana; Kainhofer, Judith; Kamandulyte-Merfeldiene, Laura; Kunnari, Sari; Kovacevic, Melita; Kuvac Kraljevic, Jelena; Lipowska, Katarzyna; Mejias, Sandrine; Popovic, Maša; Ruzaite, Jurate; Savic, Maja; Sevcenco, Anca; Varlokosta, Spyridoula; Varnava, Marina; Yatsushiro, Kazuko
Titel	How Do 5-Year-Olds Understand Questions? Differences in Languages across Europe
Quelle	In: First Language, 36 (2016) 3, S.169-202 (34 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-7237
DOI	10.1177/0142723716640236
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Questioning Techniques; Preschool Children; Language Acquisition; Contrastive Linguistics; Cross Cultural Studies; Syntax; Phrase Structure; Performance Factors; Statistical Analysis; Error Analysis (Language); Comparative Education; Comparative Analysis; Austria; Belgium; Croatia; Cyprus; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; Germany; Greece; Israel; Italy; Lithuania; Malta; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Serbia; United Kingdom (Great Britain) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Befragungstechnik; Fragetechnik; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Phrasenstruktur; Leistungsindikator; Statistische Analyse; Error analysis; Language; Fehleranalyse; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Österreich; Belgien; Kroatien; Zypern; Dänemark; Estland; Finnland; Deutschland; Griechenland; Italien; Litauen; Niederlande; Polen; Rumänien; Serbien
Abstract	The comprehension of constituent questions is an important topic for language acquisition research and for applications in the diagnosis of language impairment. This article presents the results of a study investigating the comprehension of different types of questions by 5-year-old, typically developing children across 19 European countries, 18 different languages, and 7 language (sub-)families. The study investigated the effects of two factors on question formation: (a) whether the question contains a simple interrogative word like "who" or a complex one like "which princess", and (b) whether the question word was related to the sentential subject or object position of the verb. The findings show that there is considerable variation among languages, but the two factors mentioned consistently affect children's performance. The cross-linguistic variation shows that three linguistic factors facilitate children's understanding of questions: having overt case morphology, having a single lexical item for both "who" and "which", and the use of synthetic verbal forms. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01