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Publication Date: 2003
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Children's Comprehension of Sentences with Focus Particles.
Paterson, Kevin B.; Liversedge, Simon P.; Rowland, Caroline; Filik, Ruth
Cognition, v89 n3 p263-94 Oct 2003
Three studies investigated the comprehension of sentences containing the focus particle "only" by children and adults. Contrary to previous findings, two of the studies found that young children made errors predominantly by failing to process contrast information rather than errors in which they failed to use syntactic information to restrict the scope of the particle "only." Findings were then replicated with preschool children. (Author/KB)
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Language: English
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