Strong and Weak Readings in the Domain of Worlds: A Negative Polar Modal and Children’s Scope Assignment
This study investigates children’s interpretation of sentences with two logical operators: Dutch universal modal hoeven and negation (niet). In adult Dutch, hoeven is an NPI that necessarily scopes under negation, giving rise to a not > necessary reading. The findings from a hidden-object task wi...
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Springer New York LLC
2018
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