The Acquisition of Verbs and their Grammar: The Effect of Particular Languages

Part 1. Language-specific impact on the acquisition of Hebrew

1. Introduction
Natalia Gagarina, Insa Gulzow

2. Acquisition of verb argument structure from a developmental perspective: Evidence from Child Hebrew
Sigal Uziel-Karl

3. Subject use and the acquisition of verbal agreement in Hebrew
Sharon Armon-Lotem

Part 2. Language-specific variation in the development of predication and verb semantics

4. Strategies in the L1-acquisition of predication: The copula construction in German and Croatian
Christine Czinglar, Antigone Katicic, Katharina Kchler, Chris Schaner-Wolles

5. Why not all verbs are learned equally: The Intransitive Verb Bias in Japanese
Natsuko Tsujimura

Part 3. Stages in the development of verb grammar and the role of semantic bootstrapping

6. Dynamic event words, motion events and the transition to verb meanings
Ellen Herr-Israel, Lorraine Mccune

7. The early stages of verb acquisition in German, Spanish and English
David Ingram, Anne Welti, Christine Priem

8. Finiteness in children and adults learning Dutch
Peter Jordens, Christine Dimroth

Part 4. Language-specific variation and the role of frequency

9. The acquisition of voice morphology in Jakarta Indonesian
David Gil

10. Analytical and synthetic verb constructions in Russian and English child language
Natalia Gagarina, Insa Gulzow

Part 5. Language-specific and learner-specific peculiarities in the development of verbs and their grammar

11. The acquisition of verbal inflection in Estonian: Two Case Studies
Marilyn May Vihman, Maigi Vija

12. Grammatical role of French first verbs
Claire Martinot

13. Speaker and hearer reference in Russian speaking children
Dorota Kiebzak-Mandera

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Keywords: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics LAN009000