dr. A.M.H. van Hout

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Research interests

As a member of the Center for Language and Cognition Groningen (CLCG), Angeliek van Hout leads the Acquisition Lab there. Her main research focus is first language acquisition in typically developing monolingual children. Taking a crosslinguistic perspective, she has investigated topics in temporal and nominal reference, specifically, tense and aspect, telicity and event culmination, and definiteness. Additional domains in children's development in syntax, semantics, pragmatics and cognition include: quantification, subject and object questions, long-distance wh-questions, object pronouns, quantificational pronouns, passives, scalar implicatures, theory of mind reasoning.

Key words:

First language acquisition; event culmination; tense and aspect; telicity; aspect; definiteness; crosslinguistic variation in acquisition; formal approaches to semantics, syntax, pragmatics.

Publications

“Liz can buy a croissant or donut. That’s both together, right?” Distinguishing target Free Choice from non-target Modal Conjunction in Child French

Cochard, A., van Hout, A. & Demirdache, H., 24-Jan-2025, Proceedings of Experiments in Linguistic Meaning. Knowlton, T., Schwarz, F. & Papafragou, A. (eds.). Linguistic Society of America, Vol. 3. p. 104-116 13 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic

Prosodic disambiguation and the scope ambiguity of sentences with negation and disjunction in Dutch

van Hout, A., Kisjes, J., Cochard, A., Gulás, M., Hoeksema, J., Pagliarini, E., Slim, M., van Wijk, A. & Surányi, B., 2024, In: TABU, Bulletin voor Taalwetenschap. p. 329-365 37 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Interpreting Disjunction across Positive and Negative Contexts: Evidence from Child French

Cochard, A., Demirdache, H. & van Hout, A., May-2023, Proceedings of the 47th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development. Gappmayr, P. & Kellog, J. (eds.). Somerville: Cascadilla Press, p. 159-172 14 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic

How adults and children interpret disjunction under negation in Dutch, French, Hungarian and Italian: A cross-linguistic comparison

Pagliarini, E., Lungu, O., van Hout, A., Pintér, L., Surányi, B., Crain, S. & Guasti, M. T., 2022, In: Language Learning and Development. 18, 1, p. 97-122 26 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Interpretation of imperfective past tense in Spanish: Do child and adult language varieties differ?

García del Real, I. & van Hout, A., Sept-2022, In: Languages. 7, 3, 26 p., 237.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

On the acquisition of scalar and additive inferences: Evidence from Spanish incluso ‘even’ and ni siquiera ‘not even’

Heredia Murillo, E., van Hout, A. & Demirdache, H., May-2022, Proceedings of the 46th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development. Gong, Y. & Kpogo, F. (eds.). Somerville: Cascadilla Press, p. 298-311 14 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic

Probing OR vs. NOT-OR in French children: Semantic or pragmatic immaturity?

Cochard, A., van Hout, A. & Demirdache, H., Nov-2022.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Academic

Putting linguistics on the ATLAS of language needs

Arche, M. J., van Hout, A., Perovic, A., Quer, J., Schaeffer, J. & Schulz, P., 2022, (Unpublished).

Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Professional

Event endings in memory and language

Santin, M., van Hout, A. & Flecken, M., 2021, In: Language, Cognition and Neuroscience. 36, 5, p. 625-648 24 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Exhaustive pairing errors in passives

Kisjes, J., Hollebrandse, B. & van Hout, A., 2021, BUCLD 45: Proceedings of the 45th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development. Dionne , D. & Vidal Covas, L.-A. (eds.). Somerville: Cascadilla Press, p. 386-398 13 p. (BUCLD: Proceedings of the Boston University Conference on Language Development; vol. 45).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic