Acquisition of quantifier raising of a universal across an existential: Evidence from German
Our paper reports an act out task with German 5- and 6-year olds and adults involving doubly-quantified sentences with a universal object and an existential subject. We found that 5- and 6-year olds allow inverse scope in such sentences, while adults do not. Our findings contribute to a growing body...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2017-05-01
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| Series: | Glossa |
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| Online Access: | http://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/261 |