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The talk examines the syntax of Gender Concord in mixed utterances and how bilingual children deal with potential gender mismatches.
This talk examines the syntax of Gender Concord in mixed utterances where
bilingual children switch between a modifier in one language and a noun in
another. Particular attention is paid to how children deal with potential
gender mismatches between modifier and noun, i.e., if one of the languages has
grammatical gender but the other does not, or if one of the languages has a
ternary gender system and the other a binary one. Data from English-Italian and
French-German bilingual children will be discussed which show that they
accommodate the gender properties of the noun to those of its modifiers in such
cases, in order to ensure convergence.
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Date and Time: |
19 October 2006 at 5:00 am |
Duration: | 1 hour 30 minutes |
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Venue: |
Room GR 06-07, English Faculty Building |
Organised by: |
Cambridge University Linguistic Society, University of Cambridge |
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Tickets: |
Membership in the Linguistic Society is £6 a year or £5 for students. |
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Membership Information: |
This is a members-only event Membership is £6 a year or £5 for students. You can send your subscriptions to the Treasurer (cbl23@cam.ac.uk), or pay at one of the meetings. |
Additional Information: |
Cambridge University Linguistic Society aims to bring together people with an interest in language. We meet three times a term on average, attracting speakers from a variety of departments and institutions both inside and outside Cambridge. The meetings are held on Thursday afternoons in the Faculty of English, 9 West Road. Tea and biscuits are served from 4.30pm and the paper begins at 5pm. The talks last about an hour with time afterwards for questions from the audience. The Society's officers then take the speaker out for dinner at a nearby restaurant, along with any members of the audience who wish to join us. These dinners are very popular and offer the opportunity to talk to the speaker and other members of the society in an informal atmosphere. Membership is £6 a year (or £5 for students). This money goes towards paying speakers' travel costs and accommodation. You can send your subscriptions to the Treasurer, or pay at one of the meetings. |
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