On the Acquisition of Principle B

By Paul D. Elbourne. Linguistic Inquiry, 2005

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Comprehension of reflexive and personal pronouns in children with autism: A syntactic or pragmatic deficit? (2012, background): “On the one hand, Elbourne (2005) argues that quantificational asymmetry is not real: children have difficulties interpreting pronouns both with referential and quantified antecedents, that is, they lack the knowledge of Principle B altogether, until at least about 6 years of age.”
When Production Precedes Comprehension: An Optimization Approach to the Acquisition of Pronouns (2006, result): “2 (2)A recent reanalysis of these results in Elbourne (2005), however, concludes that other explanations are equally, or even more likely, arguing that they do not represent evidence that children know Principle B.”
Equal Treatment for All Antecedents: How Children Succeed with Principle B (2009, background): “(For specific comments on that study, see Elbourne 2005.)”