The interpretation of disjunction in universal grammar

Language and Speech

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 151-169

  Crain, Stephen ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child language; Cross linguistic variation; Disjunction; Entailments; Focus expressions; Logical reasoning; Positive and negative polarity; Principles and parameters; Universal grammar

Indexed keywords

EID: 44849141883     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00238309080510010901     Document Type: Conference Paper

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