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master's thesis
Understanding negative sentences
a comparison between English and Croatian preschool children
Zagreb: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2022. urn:nbn:hr:131:773309
Lukin, Helena
University of Zagreb
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English language and literature

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Lukin, H. (2022). Understanding negative sentences : a comparison between English and Croatian preschool children (Master's thesis). Zagreb: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:773309

Lukin, Helena. "Understanding negative sentences : a comparison between English and Croatian preschool children." Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2022. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:773309

Lukin, Helena. "Understanding negative sentences : a comparison between English and Croatian preschool children." Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2022. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:773309

Lukin, H. (2022). 'Understanding negative sentences : a comparison between English and Croatian preschool children', Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 30 December 2024, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:773309

Lukin H. Understanding negative sentences : a comparison between English and Croatian preschool children [Master's thesis]. Zagreb: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2022 [cited 2024 December 30] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:773309

H. Lukin, "Understanding negative sentences : a comparison between English and Croatian preschool children", Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb, 2022. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:773309

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TitleUnderstanding negative sentences : a comparison between English and Croatian preschool children
Title (croatian)Razumijevanje negacije : usporedba djece predškolske dobi govornika engleskog i hrvatskog jezika
AuthorHelena Lukin
MentorIrena Zovko Dinković (mentor)
Committee memberJasenka Čengić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberIvana Bašić (član povjerenstva)
GranterUniversity of Zagreb
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English language and literature)
Zagreb
Defense date and country2022-05-25, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract
“No” is one of the first and most important words children learn to say and yet, little is known about their ability to comprehend and produce negative sentences even though negation is one of the fundamental features of human language structure. Therefore, the aim of this thesis is to explore English and Croatian preschool children’s ability to understand simple, as well as complex negative sentences. The comparison between these two languages is intriguing because they have diametrically opposite systems of negation. Nevertheless, the data show that, even though there are fundamental differences between these two negative systems, the children’s responses were quite similar in nature. Both English and Croatian children struggled to understand negative sentences in which there were multiple negative markers and they often assigned wrong interpretations to them. Our findings suggest that children start acquiring negation in a similar fashion, regardless of their linguistic background, and it is only after being exposed to the language-specific negative forms that they start understanding and implementing them in their speech.
Abstract (croatian)
“Ne” je jedna od prvih i najvažnijih riječi koju djeca nauče izgovoriti međutim, malo toga je poznato o njihovoj sposobnosti razumijevanja kao i sastavljanja negativnih rečenica iako je negacija jedna od osnovnih kategorija ljudske jezične strukture. Stoga je cilj ovog diplomskog rada istražiti kako engleska i hrvatska djeca predškolske dobi razumiju jednostavne kao i složene negativne rečenice. Usporedba ovih dvaju jezika je intrigantna jer koriste dijametralno suprotne sisteme negacije. Ipak, podaci nam govore da su djeca pokazala izrazito slične tendencije razumijevanja negacije. I engleskoj i hrvatskoj djeci bilo je teško razumijeti negativne rečenice u kojima je bilo više negativnih riječi i često bi ih netočno interpretirali. Naša studija pokazuje da djeca, bez obzira na njihovu lingvističku pozadinu, započinju proces učenja negacije na sličan način. Tek nakon što su izloženi gramatičkim pravilima specifičnima za njihov izvorni jezik, započinju pravilno razumjeti i implementirati negaciju u svom govoru.
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Keywords (croatian)
Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:131:773309
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Translation, TEFL
Course: Linguistics
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
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