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Understanding the Semantic Functions of "but" in Middle Childhood: The Role of Text- and Sentence-Level Comprehension Abilities

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Florit, Elena; Cain, Kate; Levorato, Maria Chiara – First Language, 2017

This study examined Italian 7- to 9-year-olds' understanding of the connective "but" when used to relate two events in sentences embedded in short stories. Performance was largely accounted for by the cognitive complexity of the sentence that included the connective and the salience of its meaning (confirmed in a second study with…

Descriptors: Semantics, Language Usage, Native Language, Language Acquisition