Events, States and the French Imparfait

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface v
4. Contents vii
5. Part One. Theory
6. Operator Asymmetries in Romanian 3
7. Quantifier Scope and the Structure of faire-par 19
8. An OT Treatment of Palatal Fortition in Argentinian Spanish 33
9. Person Licensing and the Derivation of PCC Effects 49
10. On the Evolution of the Short High Vowels of Latin into Romance 63
11. Weak Forms as X o 95
12. A Control-vs-Raising Theory of Dative Experiencers 111
13. Selective and Unselective Manner Operators 131
14. Residual Tobler-Mussafia in French Dialects 149
15. Events, States and the French Imparfait 165
16. NP-Subject Inversion in French and (Preposed) Adverbs 181
17. Infinitive Clauses as Substitutes for Subjunctive Clauses in Brazilian Portuguese 197
18. Weight and Opacity in Surmiran 209
19. French Clitics and Object Splits 223
20. Part Two. Acquisition
21. Why is it Difficult to Reach Agreement? 247
22. Supporting the Separate Systems Hypothesis 263
23. Analogy as a Learning tool in Second Language Acquisition 281
24. Acquiring the Syntax of beaucoup at a distance as a Bilingual Child 299
25. Spanish L1/L2 Crossroads 317
26. Null Subjects and the Setting of Subject Agreement Parameters in Child French 351
27. On the Nature of Root Infinitives in Adult L2 French 367
28. Subject Index 385