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Hirsch, C., Orfitelli, R., and K. Wexler. In press. The acquisition of raising reconsidered. In A. Gavarro and M J. Freitas (eds.) Proceedings of the Conference on Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press.

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Hirsch, C. and K. Wexler. 2007. The late acquisition of raising: What children seem to think about seem. In S. Dubinsky and B. Davies (eds.) New horizons in the analysis of control and raising. New York, NY: Springer.

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Hirsch, C., Orfitelli, R., and K. Wexler. 2007. When seem means think ­ The role of the experiencer-phrase in children’s comprehension of raising. In A. Belikova, L. Meroni, and M. Umeda (eds.) Galana 2 - Proceedings of the Conference on Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition ­ North America 2. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.

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Hirsch, C. and K. Wexler. 2006. Children’s passives and their resulting interpretation. In K.U. Deen, J. Nomura, B. Schulz, and B.D. Schwartz (eds.) The Proceedings of the Inaugural Conference on Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition­North America, University of Connecticut Occasional Papers in Linguistics, 4, 125-136.

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Hirsch, C. and J. Hartman. 2006. Some (wh-) questions concerning passive interactions. In A. Belletti, E. Bennati, C. Chesi, E. Di Domenico, and I. Ferrari (eds.) Proceedings of the Conference on Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press.

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Hirsch, C. and K. Wexler. 2006. By the way, children don’t know by. In D. Bamman, T. Magnitskaia, and C. Zaller (eds.) BUCLD 30: Proceedings of the 30th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, 249-261. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.

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