Pronoun Resolution (Binding Principles)
Participant hears a sentence containing a pronoun or reflexive (e.g. 'Mama Bear is washing her' vs 'Mama Bear is washing herself') and judges its truth against a picture. Tests knowledge of the syntactic binding principles (Principle A for reflexives, Principle B for pronouns) and their pragmatic counterparts. Canonical developmental probe of the Delay of Principle B Effect.
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Key references
- Chien, Y.-C., & Wexler, K. (1990). Children's knowledge of locality conditions in binding as evidence for the modularity of syntax and pragmatics. Language Acquisition, 1(3), 225-295. doi:10.1207/s15327817la0103_2