The Use of Definite and Indefinite Reference in Young Childre... - 9780521113281

The Use of Definite and Indefinite Reference in Young ChildrenAn Experimental Study of Semantic Acquisition\nAuthor(s): Michael M. Maratsos\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521113281, 978-0521113281\nSynopsis\nThe book presents a series of studies that probe young children's knowledge of a relatively well-defined, abstract semantic realm, that of definite and indefinite reference. Topics investigated include children's knowledge of the difference between referring to particular objects ([url] I have a dog, which refers to a particular dog) and no particular objects at all ([url] I don't have a dog, which makes reference to no particular dog) and their knowledge of how to account for the knowledge of their listeners in situations, [url] in which they have in mind a particular reference but their listen does not. Because overlapping problems are investigated by a wide variety of methods, it is .