This book provides a pioneering introduction to heritage languages and their speakers,
written by one of the founders of this new field. Using examples from a wide range of …

In recent research on L2 acquisition, there has been considerable emphasis on interfaces
between the linguistic system and grammar external components, such as syntax/discourse …

This paper examines three sources of knowledge in the acquisition of English articles by
second language (L2) learners: L1-transfer, L2-input and Universal Grammar (UG). The …

This paper argues for the reality of specificity as noteworthiness, a concept built upon Fodor
and Sag's (1982) view of referentiality. Support for this view of specificity comes from the …

This study examines second language (L2) acquisition of the interpretation of plural noun
phrases. Languages with articles differ in whether they use bare plurals (English) or definite …

In recent years, explanations and predictions of developmental delays or inability to reach
native-like attainment in specific areas of grammatical knowledge have been linked to the …

I propose a novel analysis of differential object marking (DOM) that revolves around nominal
licensing and, unlike most previous accounts, does not appeal to object visibility (eg, Danon …

The data for this study consisted of a longitudinal corpus of narratives from 17 English
second language (L2) children, mean age of 5; 4 years at the outset, with first languages …

English as a global lingua franca interacts with other languages across a wide range of
multilingual contexts. Combining insights from linguistics, education studies, and …

Whether L2ers know this constraint was used to examine whether UG operates in SLA (see
Belikova and White (2009) for a recent overview). The logic behind it is as follows: Some …