In:Silent Instruments: Syntax, semantics, and acquisition of the instrumental role in Italian
Alice Suozzi
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 293] 2026
► pp. 109–143
Chapter 4The acquisition of Instruments in Italian
Published online: 26 March 2026
https://doi.org/10.1075/la.293.c4
https://doi.org/10.1075/la.293.c4
Article outline
- 4.1On the acquisition of argument structure: The role of input
- 4.2The acquisition of Instruments: Exposure to a non-systematic input
- 4.2.1Corpus analysis: Instruments in child-directed speech and child speech
- 4.3The acquisition of Instruments in Italian: Our hypothesis and research questions
- 4.4Testing our hypothesis: The study
- 4.4.1Materials
- 4.4.2Participants and procedure
- 4.4.3Response coding
- 4.4.4Results
- Peabody
- TEPI Semantics
- 4.4.4.3TEPI (Syntax)
- 4.4.5Discussion
- 4.5Summary of the chapter
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