Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Intensifiers and agent-sensitive expressions -- 1. The aim of the study -- 2. Intensifiers from a cross-linguistic perspective -- 3. Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns -- 4. Agent-sensitive expressions -- 5. Framework for child language data analysis -- Chapter 2 The expression x-self in acquisition studies -- 1. Reflexive x-self and binding theory -- 2. Logophoric reflexives -- 3. Children's early systems and historical development of x-self -- 4. The expression x-self in production data -- 5. Research questions -- Chapter 3 Intensifiers in German and English production data -- 1. The data and coding procedure -- 2. Three use-types of intensifiers in the data of the children -- 3. Intensifiers versus related agent-sensitive expressions -- 4. The development of non-nominative means of encoding agency -- 5. The German and English children's systems of agent-sensitive expressions -- 6. Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns -- 7. Implications for future research -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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