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@article{ART002028789},
author={Kyong-sun Jin and MIN JU KIM and Hyun Joo SONG},
title={The development of Korean preschoolers' ability to understand transitive sentences using case-markers},
journal={THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY},
issn={1229-0718},
year={2015},
volume={28},
number={3},
pages={75-90}

TY - JOUR
AU - Kyong-sun Jin
AU - MIN JU KIM
AU - Hyun Joo SONG
TI - The development of Korean preschoolers' ability to understand transitive sentences using case-markers
JO - THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
PY - 2015
VL - 28
IS - 3
PB - The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
SP - 75
EP - 90
SN - 1229-0718
AB - We examined whether Korean 2- and 3-year-old children can use case markers to understand the meaning of Korean canonical (subject–object–verb; SOV) and noncanonical (object–subject–verb; OSV) word order in a transitive sentence. Side-by-side videos depicted the same caused motion events, both of which involved the same two characters but with the agent versus patient roles reversed. Along with the videos, children heard SOV sentences (e.g., Bear-nominative Rabbit-accusative is pushing.) or OSV sentences (e.g., Rabbit-accusative Bear-nominative is pushing.), both of which were marked with nominative and accusative case markers. Two-year-olds correctly understood only the canonical sentences (Experiment 1). In contrast, 3-year-olds understood both canonical and noncanonical sentences more accurately than predicted by chance (Experiment 2). These findings suggest that by the age of 3, Korean preschoolers can rely on case markers to understand sentence meaning.
KW - Early childhood;language acquisition;morpho-syntax development;case markers;word order
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Kyong-sun Jin, MIN JU KIM and Hyun Joo SONG. (2015). The development of Korean preschoolers' ability to understand transitive sentences using case-markers. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 28(3), 75-90.

Kyong-sun Jin, MIN JU KIM and Hyun Joo SONG. 2015, "The development of Korean preschoolers' ability to understand transitive sentences using case-markers", THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, vol.28, no.3 pp.75-90.

Kyong-sun Jin, MIN JU KIM, Hyun Joo SONG "The development of Korean preschoolers' ability to understand transitive sentences using case-markers" THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 28.3 pp.75-90 (2015) : 75.

Kyong-sun Jin, MIN JU KIM, Hyun Joo SONG. The development of Korean preschoolers' ability to understand transitive sentences using case-markers. 2015; 28(3), 75-90.

Kyong-sun Jin, MIN JU KIM and Hyun Joo SONG. "The development of Korean preschoolers' ability to understand transitive sentences using case-markers" THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 28, no.3 (2015) : 75-90.

Kyong-sun Jin; MIN JU KIM; Hyun Joo SONG. The development of Korean preschoolers' ability to understand transitive sentences using case-markers. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 28(3), 75-90.

Kyong-sun Jin; MIN JU KIM; Hyun Joo SONG. The development of Korean preschoolers' ability to understand transitive sentences using case-markers. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2015; 28(3) 75-90.

Kyong-sun Jin, MIN JU KIM, Hyun Joo SONG. The development of Korean preschoolers' ability to understand transitive sentences using case-markers. 2015; 28(3), 75-90.

Kyong-sun Jin, MIN JU KIM and Hyun Joo SONG. "The development of Korean preschoolers' ability to understand transitive sentences using case-markers" THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 28, no.3 (2015) : 75-90.