Structure and Meaning in the Acquisition of Scope

This chapter presents results from a series of interconnected experiments designed to investigate the development of quantificational competence. Focusing on the case of scope relations between multiple quantificational elements, I present a new account of a systematic and pervasive non-adult pattern previously believed to reflect a grammatical difference between preschoolers and adults (e.g., Musolino, 1998; Musolino, Crain & Thornton, 2000).

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