The electrophysiology of language comprehension has long been dominated by research
on syntactic and semantic integration. However, to understand expressions like “he did it” or …

This book combines ideas about the architecture of grammar and language acquisition,
processing, and change to explain why languages show regular patterns when there is so …

A parasitic gap construction typically occurs when an otherwise illicit gap in an island is
ameliorated by a gap elsewhere in the sentence. In this paper, we consider the relationship …

Referential expressions (REs) have been investigated in L2 English but to date there is no
single study that systematically and simultaneously analyzes the development and …

The Radical Unacceptability Hypothesis (RUH) has been proposed as a way of explaining
the unacceptability of extraction from islands and frozen structures. This hypothesis explicitly …

In this chapter, we explore different discourse functions of two types of German
demonstrative pronouns compared to the personal pronoun. Utilising a continuation task, we …

The tendency of intermediate and advanced second language speakers to underuse
pronouns and zero anaphora has been characterized as a developmental stage of …

Thiss study aims at comparing L1 and L2 acquisition processes through an analysis of the
linguistic means used to ensure discourse cohesion in the oral narratives of French and …

Cet article propose une réflexion sur la manière dont la prise en compte des ressources
multimodales (parole, geste, regard, mimiques faciales, postures corporelles) est …

Coherent discourse is distinguished from a mere collection of utterances by the satisfaction
of a diverse set of constraints, for example choice of expression, logical relation between …