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Split scope occurs when the negation and indefinite take scope independently of one another. This has been documented in the West-Germanic languages German, Dutch, and English. I apply Zeijlstra (2011)'s framework to the following languages: Azerbaijani, Czech, Macedonian Albani…

This is an experimental study that tested children's (age range 3;0--6;0) comprehension of indefinite objects in Turkish with a particular focus on the effect of the accusative case marker on the scope assignment to objects with respect to negation and adverbs. The results show …