“Did you see that?” It is a simple phrase we hear every day, but how do we know what “that” refers to? A new study from Kyushu University, published in PLOS One, reveals that children and adults use different strategies to interpret such verbal uncertainties, offering fresh insights into the development of human language comprehension.
Language ambiguity: How children and adults interpret contextual pronouns differently
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