Brandt, Silke (2026) Theory of Mind and Language Development. Elements in Psycholinguistics . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. (In Press)
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This Elements presents a series of studies investigating the relationship between language, Theory of Mind, and other cognitive skills, across different languages. The first set of studies focuses on longitudinal relationships between English-speaking children’s understanding of complement-clause constructions, mental verbs, modal verbs, and Theory of Mind. The second set of studies investigates links between complement-clause constructions, mental verbs, and Theory of Mind in Mandarin Chinese and English. The last study looks at English- and Turkish-speaking children’s knowledge of evidentiality, source-monitoring, and Theory of Mind. The studies show that there are different linguistic tools across languages that enable children to represent and acquire Theory of Mind.