Acknowledgements |
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Introduction |
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Theoretically oriented acquisition studies: The state of the art in Italian |
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The different modes of acquisition |
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Some general assumptions of linguistic analysis |
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PART 1 The acquisition of morphosyntactic properties |
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Chapter 1 The acquisition of verb inflections and clause structure |
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1.2 Acquisition of verbal tenses |
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6 | (1) |
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1.3 Acquisition of present tense inflections |
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7 | (3) |
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1.4 The process of subject-verb agreement |
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10 | (3) |
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1.5 Acquisition of the finite versus infinitive verb distinction |
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13 | (1) |
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1.6 Why aren't there any root infinitives in early Italian? |
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14 | (2) |
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1.7 Imperatives as the Italian analogue of root infinitives |
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16 | (5) |
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21 | (6) |
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1.8.1 Descriptive facts and generalizations |
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21 | (4) |
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1.8.2 An account of the declarative versus wh-question asymmetry in copula omission |
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25 | (1) |
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1.8.3 The copula in negative contexts |
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26 | (1) |
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1.9 Compound tenses and optional past participles |
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27 | (4) |
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1.10 Past participles: Verbal or adjectival nature? |
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31 | (1) |
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1.11 Regular and irregular past participles and past definite |
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32 | (2) |
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34 | (4) |
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1.13 Acquisition of verb inflections in children with SLI and Developmental Dyslexia |
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38 | (9) |
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Summary and questions for future research |
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43 | (4) |
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Chapter 2 The acquisition of articles and aspects of nominal inflection |
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47 | (34) |
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47 | (3) |
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2.2 The L1 acquisition of articles |
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50 | (4) |
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2.3 Article use in Italian keeping an eye on the crosslinguistic dimension |
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54 | (2) |
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2.4 Article omission and phonological constraints |
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56 | (4) |
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2.5 Article omission and the syntactic context: The subject-object asymmetry in Italian |
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60 | (2) |
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2.6 An attempt towards a multi-facet explanation |
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62 | (6) |
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2.7 Article omission in non-initial positions: Complement of prepositions |
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68 | (1) |
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2.8 Acquisition of articles in the bilingual children and adult L2 learners |
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69 | (2) |
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2.9 Article omission in children with Specific Language Impairment |
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71 | (3) |
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2.10 The acquisition of nominal inflection in children with typical development and in children with SLI |
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74 | (3) |
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2.11 Morphological derivation: The diminutive |
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77 | (4) |
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Summary and questions for future research |
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79 | (2) |
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Chapter 3 The acquisition of pronominal clitics |
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81 | (48) |
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81 | (5) |
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3.2 Clitics in L1 Italian |
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86 | (14) |
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3.2.1 Clitic omission in early Italian productions |
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86 | (4) |
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3.2.2 Is the unexpressed object an omitted clitic or a null-object? |
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90 | (7) |
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3.2.3 Italian clitics and past participle agreement |
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97 | (3) |
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3.3 Clitics in L2: Bilingual/Child L2 Italian and Adult L2 Italian |
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100 | (8) |
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3.4 Italian clitics in atypical development |
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108 | (9) |
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3.4.1 Clitics in SLI: Clitics as markers of language impairment |
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108 | (6) |
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3.4.2 Clitics in children with cochlear implant |
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114 | (2) |
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3.4.3 Clitics in children with Developmental Dyslexia |
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116 | (1) |
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3.5 The comprehension of object clitics by monolingual children acquiring Italian |
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117 | (12) |
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Summary and questions for future research |
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125 | (4) |
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Chapter 4 The acquisition of passive voices |
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129 | (24) |
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129 | (4) |
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4.1.1 The derivation of passive |
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132 | (1) |
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4.2 The production of Italian passive sentences in typically developing monolingual children |
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133 | (12) |
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4.2.1 Notes on si-causative passive in young children |
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142 | (3) |
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4.3 Some results from comprehension in monolingual children |
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145 | (8) |
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Summary and questions for future research |
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148 | (5) |
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PART 2 The acquisition of some (discourse) interface properties |
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Chapter 5 The acquisition of relative clauses |
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153 | (50) |
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153 | (4) |
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157 | (13) |
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5.2.1 The production of subject and object relatives in typically developing children |
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157 | (5) |
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5.2.2 The production of Passive Object Relatives in children |
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162 | (2) |
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5.2.3 The production of Passive Object Relatives in adults in comparison with children of different ages |
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164 | (1) |
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5.2.4 The position and nature of the subject in the object relatives produced by children |
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165 | (5) |
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5.3 The comprehension of subject and object relatives in typically developing children |
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170 | (10) |
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5.3.1 Intervention and feature mismatch in the comprehension of object relatives |
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173 | (2) |
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5.3.1.1 The comprehension of object relative and number mismatch |
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175 | (2) |
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5.3.1.2 The comprehension of object relatives and gender mismatch |
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177 | (3) |
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5.4 Toward interpreting children's development: Intervention and the locality of syntactic dependencies |
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180 | (12) |
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5.4.1 Feature mismatch and the grammatical status of morphosyntactic features |
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184 | (2) |
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5.4.2 Number feature and pronouns as relative heads or subjects: Comprehension and production |
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186 | (3) |
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5.4.3 Passive and intervention: PORs in elicited production |
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189 | (3) |
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5.5 The acquisition of Subject and Object relatives in special circumstances: In children with SLI, with developmental dyslexia, in autistic children, in hearing impaired children, in adult L2 acquisition |
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192 | (11) |
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Summary and questions for future research |
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198 | (5) |
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Chapter 6 The acquisition of Wh-questions |
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203 | (28) |
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203 | (4) |
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6.2 The L1 acquisition of wh-questions |
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207 | (2) |
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6.3 Comprehension of subject and object wh-questions |
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209 | (3) |
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6.4 Production of subject and object questions with reversible verbs |
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212 | (4) |
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6.5 Some reflections of comprehension and production of Italian wh-questions in a cross-linguistic perspective |
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216 | (2) |
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6.6 Why are Italian wh-questions hard? |
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218 | (6) |
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6.7 How many interference processes? |
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224 | (2) |
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6.8 Wh-questions in children with SLI or Developmental Dyslexia |
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226 | (5) |
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Summary and questions for future research |
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228 | (3) |
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Chapter 7 The acquisition of the syntax and interpretation of subjects |
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231 | (32) |
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231 | (7) |
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7.2 Null and overt subjects in typically developing children |
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238 | (9) |
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7.2.1 More on post-verbal subjects in typically developing children according to verb classes and definiteness |
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241 | (6) |
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7.3 Subjects in different populations |
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247 | (16) |
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7.3.1 Considerations on null subjects in SLI |
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247 | (1) |
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7.3.2 Post-verbal and null subjects in (adult) L2 |
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247 | (1) |
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7.3.2.1 Post-verbal new information subjects |
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247 | (4) |
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7.3.2.1.1 Post-verbal subjects with unaccusatives |
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251 | (1) |
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7.3.2.2 Null and overt pronominal subjects in (adult) L2 with reference to attrition |
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252 | (3) |
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7.3.3 Overt and null subjects in bilinguals |
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255 | (5) |
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Summary and questions for future research |
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260 | (3) |
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Chapter 8 The acquisition of aspects of Italian compositional semantics and of semantic-pragmatic interface |
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263 | (34) |
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263 | (4) |
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8.2 Quantifiers in early speech |
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267 | (1) |
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8.3 The acquisition of scope interactions |
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268 | (5) |
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8.4 Principle C, quantification and reconstruction |
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273 | (2) |
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8.5 Pragmatic knowledge: The case of scalar implicatures |
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275 | (15) |
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8.5.1 Italian adults and children's interpretation of "or" |
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276 | (1) |
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8.5.2 Italian adults and children's interpretation of "some" |
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277 | (1) |
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8.5.3 Some prerequisites for generating Scalar Implicatures |
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278 | (3) |
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8.5.4 Experimental manipulations matter... to some extent |
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281 | (2) |
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8.5.5 Children are not underinformative speakers |
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283 | (1) |
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283 | (1) |
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8.5.7 Conversational understanding in bilingual children |
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284 | (4) |
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8.5.8 Pragmatic skills in children with specific language impairments |
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288 | (1) |
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8.5.9 Taking stock. Why are children more logical than adults? |
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288 | (2) |
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290 | (7) |
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Summary and open questions for future research |
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294 | (3) |
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297 | (4) |
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The contribution of studies on the acquisition of Italian |
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297 | (4) |
References |
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Index |
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