Deaf learners' knowledge of english universal quantifiers

Language Learning

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 401-437

  Berent, Gerald P ^a,c   Kelly, Ronald R ^a,c   Porter, Jeffrey E ^a   Fonzi, Judith ^b,d  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c Department of Research and Teacher Education ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Deaf learners; Economy principle; Input; Picture task; Quantifier raising (QR); Scope quantifier scope; Symmetry preference; Universal quantifier

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149103453     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2008.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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