Is acquiring a third language the same as acquiring a second? Are all instances of non-
native language acquisition simply one and the same? In this first book-length study of the …

This outstanding resource for students offers a step-by-step, practical introduction to English
syntax and syntactic principles, as developed by Chomsky over the past 15 years. Assuming …

The interaction among pragmatics, semantics, and grammar and their shared responsibility
for interpretation are essential factors in linguistic analysis. This paper explores the …

This dissertation investigates (direct) object clitics and object omission in the acquisition of
French as a first language. It reports on two original empirical studies which were designed …

This article assesses the impact of bilingualism on the acquisition of pronominal direct
objects in French and English (clitics in French and strong pronouns in English). We show …

Many languages allow arguments to be omitted when they are recoverable from the context,
but how do people comprehend sentences with a missing argument? We contrast a …

Direct object omission is a general occurrence, observed in varying degrees across the
world's languages. The expression of verbal transitivity in small children begins with the …

This volume explores the grammar of Niuean, an endangered Polynesian language spoken
on the island of Niue and in New Zealand, with a focus on the issue of predication. Since …

This dissertation discusses the distribution of object pronouns, subject and object
resumptive elements, and clausal determiners in Kwa (Niger-Congo) languages, particularly …

The aim of this study is to investigate the interaction between viewpoint aspect and
argument realization. More specifically, we examine the correlation of+/− perfective verb …