Divergence at the syntax-discourse interface: Evidence from the L2 acquisition of contrastive focus in European Portuguese

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Foreword 1
4. Child and adult language acquisition, linguistic theory and (microparametric) variation 5
5. Part 1 – First Language Acquisition
6. Bootstrapping language acquisition from a minimalist standpoint: On the identification of ϕ-features in Brazilian Portuguese 35
7. Clitic omission in the acquisition of European Portuguese: Data from comprehension 63
8. Speculations about the acquisition of wh-questions in Brazilian Portuguese 85
9. Aspect and the acquisition of null objects in Brazilian Portuguese 105
10. Acquisition of Brazilian Portuguese in late childhood: Implications for syntactic theory and language change 129
11. Early VP ellipsis: Production and comprehension evidence 155
12. Part 2 – Adult and Second Language Acquisition
13. Informing adult acquisition debates: N-Drop at the initial state of L3 Brazilian Portuguese 177
14. Divergence at the syntax-discourse interface: Evidence from the L2 acquisition of contrastive focus in European Portuguese 197
15. Competing SLA hypotheses assessed: Comparing heritage and successive Spanish bilinguals of L3 Brazilian Portuguese 221
16. Brazilian Portuguese and the recovery of lost clitics through schooling 245
17. The acquisition of clitic pronouns in L2 European Portuguese 273
18. Subject expression in the non-native acquisition of Brazilian Portuguese 301
19. Afterword 327
20. Backmatter 341