This paper addresses several problematic scientific practices in psycholinguistic research.
We discuss challenges that arise when working with minority languages, such as the notion …

Linguistics is a relatively young field. The birth of a new, vibrant field of research often brings
with it certain challenges such as the initial absence of an uncontroversial canon and a …

Biolinguistics at large takes the biological underpinnings of language seriously. This chapter
outlines the basic tenets of the biolinguistic approach framed in the form of five 'foundational …

Theoretically modelling L1 grammatical attrition–defined in this thesis as the modification of
fully acquired L1 grammatical representations due to a significant and prolonged change to …

In this thesis, we explore the extent and the limits of the Distributed Morphology take on
verbal theme vowels. By drawing on case studies from the literature, we will show how …

According to the biological nature of human language, the language genotype or Universal
Grammar (UG) has to be sufficiently stable to ensure its genetic replication. Contrarily, the …