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Presentation 2016-07-23 17:00
Japanese children's scope interpretation revisited
Natsumi Shibata (U. of Tokyo) TL2016-17
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) It has been known that doubly-quantified sentences in Japanese do not show scope ambiguity unlike English. According to Reinhart (2006), QR is a marked operation, and applies just in case it is forced by interface needs. This study shows, based on Reinhart’s theory, how inverse-scope readings in Japanese are blocked. Then we reanalyze acquisition data from previous studies and show that, in experimental contexts using a truth-value judgment task, children accept inverse-scope readings by chance. We argue, supporting Reinhart’s theory, that children’s chance-level acceptance is due to their limited working memory. That is, blocking inverse-scope readings requires a costly operation called reference-set computation, and children do not have sufficient processing capacity to execute it. Therefore, they resort to guesswork and give inconsistent responses.
Keyword (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) doubly-quantified sentence / inverse-scope reading / child Japanese / reference-set computation / scope / truth-value judgment task / quantifier / quantifier raising  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 116, no. 159, TL2016-17, pp. 25-30, July 2016.
Paper # TL2016-17 
Date of Issue 2016-07-16 (TL) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Conference Information
Committee TL  
Conference Date 2016-07-23 - 2016-07-24 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Waseda Univ. (Nishi-Waseda Campus) 
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Topics (in English) Human Language Processing and Learning 
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Conference Code 2016-07-TL 
Language English 
Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Sub Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Title (in English) Japanese children's scope interpretation revisited 
Sub Title (in English)  
Keyword(1) doubly-quantified sentence  
Keyword(2) inverse-scope reading  
Keyword(3) child Japanese  
Keyword(4) reference-set computation  
Keyword(5) scope  
Keyword(6) truth-value judgment task  
Keyword(7) quantifier  
Keyword(8) quantifier raising  
1st Author's Name Natsumi Shibata  
1st Author's Affiliation The University of Tokyo (U. of Tokyo)
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Date Time 2016-07-23 17:00:00 
Presentation Time 90 minutes 
Registration for TL 
Paper # TL2016-17 
Volume (vol) vol.116 
Number (no) no.159 
Page pp.25-30 
#Pages 6 
Date of Issue 2016-07-16 (TL) 

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