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Why children and adults sometimes (but not always) compute implicatures

Maria Teresa Guasti Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Gennaro Chierchia Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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Stephen Crain University of Maryland at College Park, MD, USA
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Francesca Foppolo Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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Andrea Gualmini Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Luisa Meroni University of Maryland at College Park, MD, USA
Pages 667-696 | Received 01 May 2003, Published online: 06 Mar 2007

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