When Number Agreement Acts Like a Polarity Item: Disjunctive Agreement Across Semantic Environments Do context or semantic environment ever affect agreement morphology? Yes, I argue in this talk. Examining number agreement with disjoined subjects in English — e.g., the difference between 'Ann doubts that Bob or Cal is coming' and 'Ann doubts that Bob or...

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“Infants construct phonemes from early phonetic categories: Evidence from the acquisition of phonotactics, morphology and word recognition” - Megha Sundara “Phonetic variability minimally degrades word segmentation in infant-directed speech” - Gabriel Scharff & Megha Sundara (HISPhonCog Poster)

perception of syllable onsets

Parts and wholes in children’s understanding of plural expressions Languages differentially mark whether reference is made to individuals (singulars) or to collections of individuals (plurals). While the core distinction is acquired early (e.g. Kouider et al., 2006; Barner et al., 2007), plural expressions introduce substantial additional semantic complexity in how atomic individuals contribute to their...

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