This article argues for a gradient approach to word order, which treats word order
preferences, both within and across languages, as a continuous variable. Word order …

Cross-linguistic studies focus on inverse correlations (trade-offs) between linguistic
variables that reflect different cues to linguistic meanings. For example, if a language has no …

This study investigates possessives and modified definite DPs in a corpus of heritage
Norwegian spoken in the US. Both constructions involve variation in Norwegian–two word …

In this paper, we argue that moving away from written stimuli in acceptability judgment
experiments is necessary to address the systematic exclusion of particular empirical …

As widely acknowledged in the bilingualism literature, language experience is multifaceted,
complex, and dynamic; it cannot be simply reduced to single dimensions or categories …

Knowing the sentence structures (ie, information that guides the assembly of words into
sentences) is crucial in language knowledge. This knowledge must be stable for successful …

Despite the growing interest in endangered languages, relatively little attention has been
paid to the ways in which the structure of these languages is conditioned by the language …

The present study investigates how heritage speakers conduct good-enough processing at
the interface of home-language proficiency, cognitive skills (inhibitory control; working …

Focusing on language contact involving Russian, and the linguistic varieties that emerged
from that contact in different social settings, this book analyzes issues and methodologies in …

What does it mean for a language to have flexible constituent order, and what are the
sources of variation in this domain, both within and across languages? This thesis …