attributing implicit meaning
... that children have trouble attributing implicit meaning to aspect verbs implicating non-completion such as start, but find implicit meaning in degree modifiers such as half, as in half-finished?
... that children have trouble <b id="mwHQI"><a href="./Scalar_implicature" id="mwHQM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Scalar implicature">attributing implicit meaning</a></b> to aspect <a href="./Verb" id="mwHQQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Verb">verbs</a> implicating non-completion such as <i id="mwHQU">start</i>, but find implicit meaning in degree modifiers such as <i id="mwHQY">half</i>, as in <i id="mwHQc">half-finished</i>?