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Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

WANDA IS AN ENGLISH SPEAKER LEARNING JAPANESE

Wanda doesn't know what [+affective] is.

LI IS A CHINESE SPEAKER LEARNING JAPANESE

Li assumes all passive sentences are [+affective] (though he doesn't know it)
Photo by j.reed

SHUHEI & KIYOMI

Japanese teachers
Photo by Yoshi 2000

JOHN WAS AFFECTED BY BEING HIT BY BILL

Ni direct
Photo by &y

JOHN WAS HIT BY WANDA (& WASN'T REALLY AFFECTED BY IT)

Ni yotte
Photo by EricaJoy

NI YOTTE

A town in Bosnia has been attacked by NATO
Photo by wili_hybrid

NI YOTTE

Hamlet was written by Shakespeare.
Photo by smith_cl9

NI DIRECT

Mary had been waited for by her ex boyfriend for 2 hours & this upset her
Photo by mohammadali

NI YOTTE

Mary Johnson was lauded by the journalists

NI DIRECT

Mary was affected by being flattered by her always strict father.
Photo by » Zitona «

TRIGGERING PROPERTIES

Consequences of [+ affective] available from input

Data available from lessons or L1

Photo by Leo Reynolds

POVERTY OF STIMULUS

Ni direct is unacceptable with past & perfective tense.
Photo by shell belle

THE PHONE IS DROPPED BY BETTY

There is no affectivity - the phone is not feeling any effects of being dropped.
Photo by R23W

THE PHONE IS DROPPED BY BETTY

The phone is in a state of being affected by being dropped by Wanda.
Photo by njaminjami

ENGLISH SPEAKERS

Grads & undergrads in Japan related fields in USA
Photo by kuyman

CHINESE SPEAKERS

In Japan, intermediate to advanced classes, prepping for college

STIMULI LOOKED LIKE THIS

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THE COUPLE DANCED TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FLOOR

Temporally dependent - end of dancing depends on starting of dancing
Photo by katbert

WANDA'S SINGING WOKE THE BABY

Temporally independent - we don't know how long the signing happened before the baby woke.

Japanese macaques