Chapter 1. Introduction

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. About the contributors vii
4. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
5. Part I. Review chapters
6. Chapter 2. Gender assignment in mixed noun phrases 13
7. Chapter 3. Empirical evidence for subtle gender biases in language 49
8. Chapter 4. The acquisition of grammatical gender in child and adult heritage speakers of Spanish 71
9. Part II. Child, adult and heritage speakers
10. Chapter 5. The second language acquisition of grammatical gender and number in Italian 97
11. Chapter 6. Grammatical gender and article use in beginning learners of German 127
12. Chapter 7. The non-default gender category in additional-language French 157
13. Chapter 8. Investigating grammatical gender agreement in Spanish 183
14. Chapter 9. Cross-linguistic influence in bilingual grammars 209
15. Chapter 10. Prediction on the basis of gender and number in Mandarin-Italian bilingual children 243
16. Language index 273
17. Name index 275
18. Subject index 281