A heritage language is the term given to a language spoken at home by bilingual children of
immigrant parents. Written by a leading figure in the field, this pioneering, in-depth study …

The present paper can be viewed as an extension of the theory of differential argument
encoding developed in Aissen (1999, 2003). We maintain Aissen's hypothesis that the …

This paper lays out and discusses classical concepts of cyclicity from the point of view of
modern grammatical theory (in particular, the minimalist program), focussing on the Cyclic …

This book provides a detailed cross-linguistic study of pseudo-noun incorporation, a
phenomenon whereby an argument forms a'closer than usual'relation with the verb. Imke …

Does language dominance modulate knowledge of case marking in Hindi-speaking
bilinguals? Hindi is a split ergative language with a rich morphological case system …

All Mayan languages exhibit ergative–absolutive systems of agreement. However, Chol and
some other members of the family display aspectually based splits: while perfective clauses …

Abstract Nordlinger & Sadler's (2004. Nominal tense in crosslinguistic perspective.
Language 80. 776–806) seminal work fostered an intense debate on the semantics of …

While movement of pseudo-incorporated arguments seems to be restricted generally, there
is considerable variation across languages to what extend dislocation can take place …

Abstract Chomsky (2000, 2001)'s Phase Impenetrability Condition (PIC) states that phases
induce the transfer of their complements, rendering the complements inaccessible. As a …

This chapter proposes a developmental sequence for the L2 acquisition of two linguistic
phenomena in Hindi, namely split ergativity and differential object marking. The proposal …