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

Introduction - Natalia Gagarina and Insa Gülzow Part 1: Language-specific impact on the acquisition of HebrewAcquisition of Verb-Argument Structure in a Developmental Perspective: Evidence from Child Hebrew - Sigal Uziel-KarlSubject Use and the Acquisition of Verbal Agreement in Hebrew - Sharon Armon-Lotem Part 2: Language-specific variation in the development of predication and verb semanticsStrategies in the L1-Acquisition of Predication: The Copula Construction in German and Croatian - Christine Czinglar et al.Why Not All Verbs Are Learned Equally - Natsuko Tsujimura Part 3: Stages and the role of semantic bootstrapping in the acquisition of the verb and its grammarDynamic Event Words, Motion Events and the Transition to Verb Meanings - Ellen Herr-Israel and Lorraine McCuneThe Early Stages of Verb Acquisition in English, German and Spanish - David Ingram et al.Finiteness in Children and Adults Learning Dutch - Peter Jordens and Christine Dimroth Part 4: Language-specific variation and the role of frequencyThe Acquisition of Voice Morphology in Jakarta Indonesian - David GilAnalytical and Synthetic Verb Constructions in Russian and English Child Language - Insa Gülzow and Natalia Gagarina Part 5: Language-specific and learner-specific peculiarities in the development of the verb and its grammarThe Acquisition of Verbal Inflection in Estonian - Marilyn May Vihman and Maigi VijaGrammatical Role of French First Verbs - Claire MartinotSpeaker and Hearer Reference in Russian Speaking Children - Dorota Kiebzak-Mandera