Some facts about quantification and negation one simply cannot deny: A reply to Gennari and MacDonald

Language Acquisition

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 363-370

  Gualmini, Andrea ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33846829791     PISSN: 10489223     EISSN: 15327817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327817la1304_5     Document Type: Article

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