Table of contents
Chapter 1.Introduction
1.1Foundations of Language Acquisition
1.1.1Theoretical approaches
1.1.2Main questions for bilingual acquisition
1.1.2.1The role of input in bilingual acquisition
1.1.2.2Incomplete or complete acquisition (and attrition), or ‘incomplete’ input?
1.1.2.3The influence of languages: The development of ‘weaker languages’
1.1.2.4Summary
1.2Present study
1.2.1Overall methods
1.2.2Description of the data
1.2.2.1Data from CHILDES
1.2.2.1.1Monolingual participants
Mendia
Irene
1.2.2.1.2Bilingual participants
M
Leo
Simon
Carla
Tina
Antonio
Sheila
D(iego)
Emilio
Yasmin
1.2.2.2Data from other longitudinal corpora
GDW
RIC
EMP
YAR
1.2.3Final considerations regarding the data and analysis
1.3Overview of the book
Chapter 2.Input, functional categories and bilingualism
2.1On the need for a functional structure for (Spanish) nominal expressions
2.2The emergence of functional categories in children’s speech: Old and new insights
2.3Bilingualism and the emergence of nominal expressions
2.4Are fillers (the precursors of) a syntactic category?
2.4.1Fillers in monolinguals and early bilinguals
2.4.2Our study: Examining the presence and frequency of fillers in a group of early bilinguals
2.4.2.1Methods
2.4.2.2Results
2.4.2.2.1Overall results
2.4.2.2.2The role of prosody
2.4.2.2.3Pre-nominal filler and determiner emergence
2.4.2.3Discussion
2.4.2.3.1Bilingual versus monolingual acquisition of fillers and determiners.
2.4.2.3.2Properties of fillers in bilinguals
2.4.2.3.3Pre-nominal Fillers as precursors of Determiners
2.4.2.3.4The role of prosody in bilingual fillers
2.4.2.4Summary of findings and further research
Chapter 3.The emergence and type of functional categories
3.1Gender and Number in Child Spanish
3.1.1The mechanisms of nominal agreement in Spanish
3.1.2Acquiring the nominal agreement system
3.2Our study: The emergence of the agreement system and the role of input in a group of early bilinguals
3.2.1Methods
3.2.2Results
3.2.3Discussion
3.2.4Summary of findings and further research
3.3The presence of determiners
3.3.1Development of determiners in monolinguals and bilinguals
3.4Our study: Examining the presence and frequency of determiners in a group of early bilinguals
3.4.1Methods
3.4.2Results
3.4.3Discussion
3.5Conclusions of the chapter
Chapter 4.Modification and word order in the bilingual nominal expression: Economy and transfer issues
4.1Modification and word order in Spanish nominal expressions
4.2Nominal modifiers in monolingual and bilingual child Spanish
4.3Overview of the chapter
4.4Word order: on non-target combinations and optionality
4.4.1The acquisition of word order in monolingual and bilingual nominal expression
4.4.2Our study: Word order effects in the weaker language of a group of unbalanced bilinguals
4.4.2.1Methods
4.4.2.2Results
4.4.2.3Discussion
4.4.2.4Summary of findings and further research
4.5Adjectives: Their types and properties
4.5.1Studies on the emergence of different types of As in child Spanish
4.5.2Our study: Types of As and their placement in a group of early bilinguals
4.5.2.1Methods
4.5.2.2Results
4.5.2.3Discussion
4.5.2.4Summary of findings and further research
4.6Argument/adjunct differences: The emergence of prepositions and their types.
4.6.1Prepositional phrases in monolingual and bilingual nominal expressions
4.6.2Our study: Timing the presence and frequency of prepositional phrases in a simultaneous bilingual group
4.6.2.1Methods
4.6.2.2Results
4.6.2.3Discussion
4.7Conclusions
Chapter 5.Displacement and omission in the bilingual nominal expression
5.1More frequent operations in Spanish nominal expression: Ellipsis and movement
5.2Studies on operations in monolingual and bilingual nominal expressions
5.3Overview of the chapter
5.4Possession and movement in the Spanish nominal expression
5.4.1The acquisition of possession in the monolingual and bilingual nominal expressions
5.4.2Our study: Possessive placement in bilingual child Spanish
5.4.2.1Methods
5.4.2.2Results
5.4.2.3Discussion
5.4.2.4Summary of findings and further research
5.5Noun ellipsis in Spanish
5.5.1Noun ellipsis distribution
5.5.2Studies on the emergence of noun-drop in child Spanish
5.5.2.1Methods
5.5.2.2Results
5.5.2.3Discussion
5.5.2.4Summary of findings and further research
5.6Conclusions of the chapter
Chapter 6.Conclusions and further research
6.1Development of nominal expressions in a group of bilinguals
6.2Role of input
6.3Cross-linguistic influence and bilingualism
6.4Syntactic entities and protracted development/attrition
References
Index/List of terms
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