Index

• Accessibility Marking Scale11, 23, 26, 33, 40, 44, 96

• Accessibility theory5, 23, 26, 41

• accusative200, 230

• accusative + Infinitive constructions52

• activation states96

• aging70–1, 84–5

• ambiguity4, 6, 85, 170, 240

• Anaphora1, 23, 70, 95, 144

• Antecedent saliency40–1, 43

• attention shifting85–7

• Author Recognition Test (ART)75, 80, 81-2

• background questionnaires29, 130, 174, 175, 229

• backward-serial search model69

• bilingual children166, 171, 186, 204, 206, 207, 214, 222, 228

• Binding144–6, 152–3

• Binding Principle B127

• bound variable interpretation118, 122–4, 129, 134–5, 137

• case marking194

• Cat' story197–9, 202

• Centering Theory23–4, 34, 41

• character introduction207–8

• character maintenance211–3

• character reference 192, 196

• character reintroduction209–10

• child reference production226

• Chinese94, 99, 100–6, 110–11, 142–3, 145, 147, 148, 158, 194, 228

• close-knit action/event sequence103–4

• cognitive abilities2, 70–3, 193

• cognitive accessibility96–7, 98

• cognitive load34, 225, 227

• cognitive-functional approach96–8,112–4

• copular constructions52, 56

• coreferential interpretation121–4, 125, 127, 135, 137

• cross-linguistic effect170–1, 186, 228

• C-units199

• current language use175–6, 183, 229

• current literacy use175–6, 183

• Cypriot Greek194, 200, 214

• data mining231

• decision tree233

• decline70, 78, 84, 87

• definite / indefinite determiner193, 200

• definite nouns196, 223, 225, 227–8, 237, 240

• degree of activation223–4, 226–7

• digit backwards75

• discourse anaphora96, 113

• discourse Pro-drop language119

• discourse Referents (DRs)25, 49, 50, 59–63, 65, 97, 194, 195

• discourse relations222–3

• discourse structure5, 11, 26–8, 38, 97

• discourse topic4–5, 25, 33,37, 42, 226

• distances5–6, 26, 69, 72, 85, 176, 223

• dominance173–6, 180, 182–6, 228

• early literacy174–6, 182, 228

• Edmonton Narrative Norms Instrument (ENNI)229

• elaboration7, 26–7

• emphatic effect103

• empty category (EC)13, 94

• English3, 5, 9, 95, 99, 100–6, 110–11, 119–20, 121, 124, 129, 135, 137–9, 143, 158, 171,187, 228

• existential constructions51, 58, 61, 62

• expectancy hypothesis5

• explanation26

• expressive vocabulary task176

• extra-linguistic factors9

• extra-sentential anaphora50, 72

• finite clauses49, 58,119, 167

• foreground information101

• ‘Fox’ story197–8

• Full Transfer/Full Access Hypothesis118, 128

• German170, 173, 224, 227, 230

• given information193

• givenness hierarchy96, 193

• global cues193

• global-local task75, 80, 82, 84

• grammatical role223

• Greek39, 56–9, 59–63, 167–170, 194–5

• Greek-German bilinguals229

• heritage speakers8, 10

• hierarchical discourse structure23, 26, 38

• home language history174–6, 182

• implicit causality bias5

• individual variation225

• infinitives5, 52, 57–9

• Informational Load Hypothesis3

• integration cost3

• inter-sentential anaphora resolution8

• intra-sentential anaphora12

• Italian49–50, 56–9, 64–5, 120, 166, 169, 172, 178, 185, 228

• Japanese120, 123–4, 125, 137

• kare123–6

• Kibrik223

• Korean142–3, 147, 150, 152, 158

• L1 attriters8

• language experience10, 72, 84

• language proficiency227

• language transfer129, 136, 137, 143, 147, 153, 158, 171, 185

• learner143, 147, 158

• lexical retrieval226

• Local cues193

• logophor143

• Long-distance143

• maintenance cost3

• meta-data29

• Mean Length of Utterance (MLU)174, 199

• multi-factorial analysis225

• na/ke clauses57, 59, 62, 63

• narration26–7

• new information63, 193

• non-subject positions53, 63

• non-subject relatives52, 57, 58

• null pronoun4, 39, 41, 69, 71, 84–5, 122, 123, 127

• Null Subject Parameter119

• overspecification227–8

• Overt Pronoun Constraint (OPC)122

• overt subject pronouns4, 84, 121, 168–9, 171–2, 186, 194, 195

• Parallel Preference24, 34, 41

• Pear film50

• Phased Choice questioning149

• phi-features / φ-features4, 24, 143, 170

• Position of Antecedent Strategy (PAS)24, 40, 170

• pragmatics144, 193

• print exposure10, 75, 77–8

• pro4, 49–52, 53–6, 60–2, 65, 119–120, 122–3, 127, 132, 136, 173

• pro (expletive)54, 56, 58, 62

• processing speed226

• production task139

• pseudo-relatives52, 58

• quantificational antecedent121, 127

• referential antecedent121

• recency26, 37

• reference maintenance173, 185, 228

• reference production222

• referent’s activation222–4

• referents introduction59–64

• referents resumption59–64

• referring expressions23, 25, 33–4, 39, 41–2, 167, 170, 173, 186, 193, 197, 222–3, 225–7, 230, 238

• reflexive pronoun133, 143, 147

• referential function204

• Repeated Name Penalty3

• response times76–77

• rhetorical relations26, 42, 222

• Right Frontier Constraint (RFC)27–8, 42

• Russian194–5

• second language acquisition9, 119, 125, 126, 127, 129, 135, 137–8, 139, 144, 147, 158, 172

• Segmented Discourse Representation Theory (SDRT)26, 34

• self-paced listening7, 73

• self-paced reading10, 145

• sentence repetition task174, 177–9, 183

• sentence topic25

• Small Clause56–9, 61–2

• source attribution categories149

• Spanish9, 119, 122, 124, 126, 136, 138, 169, 172, 186

• Spec, IP49, 52, 53, 54, 56

• story retelling229

• story-telling methods196

• subject relatives52, 58

• syntax-discourse interface215

• tag-set30

• thematic coherence98, 99, 109

• thematic shift104

• topic chain98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104

• topicality6, 33, 41, 95, 98, 100, 103, 110, 113

• UAM corpus tool31–2

• unaccusatives53–5, 60, 62, 64

• underspecification226

• vocabulary skills131, 176, 182, 186, 236–7

• Word order5, 63, 74, 169, 195, 200

• Working memory (WM)10, 69–70, 85–6, 223, 225–6, 238, 240

• zero anaphor principle98

• Ziji143–6, 158