Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of contributors vii
4. Introduction xiii
5. Part I. Diverse learning conditions and input characteristics
6. Syllable-final /s/ lenition and the acquisition of plural morphology in Spanish-speaking children 3
7. The article paradigm in Spanish-speaking children with SLI in language contact situations 29
8. Development in early Basque-Spanish language mixing 57
9. Part II. The developing syntax and semantics of determiner phrases
10. Context and the Scalar Implicatures of Indefinites in Child Spanish 93
11. Early determination 117
12. Part III. The developing syntax of the verb phrase
13. Before grammar 143
14. Subjects, verb classes and word order in child Catalan 175
15. Person and number asymmetries in child Catalan and Spanish 195
16. Part IV. The development of inflectional morphology
17. Relationships between linguistic and behavioral measures during development 217
18. Temporal interface delay and root nonfinite verbs in Spanish-Speaking children with specific language impairment 239
19. Specific language impairment in Spanish & Catalan 265
20. Variability in the grammatical profiles of Spanish-speaking children with specific language impairment 283
21. Index 303