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Yves Boloh1, Laure Ibernon, Stéphanie Royer
1Department of Psychology, University Paul Valéry, Montpellier III, Route de Mende, 34000 Montpellier, France. yves.boloh@univ-montp3.fr
Abstract:
Previous studies on grammatical gender in French individuals with Williams syndrome (WS) have led to conflicting findings and interpretations regarding keys abilities--gender attribution and gender agreement. New production data from a larger WS sample (N=24) showed that gender attribution scores in WS participants exactly mirrored those of controls: all groups overwhelmingly relied on the masculine as the default gender. WS participants' agreement scores were far lower than those of CA-controls though not significantly below those of MA-controls. They also did not improve with age, which might suggest a permanent disability in this area.
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