Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables and figures
- Series editor's foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Theoretical framework
- 3 Methodology
- 4 Wh-interrogatives: to move or not to move?
- 5 Null objects: dual input and learnability
- 6 Relative clauses: transfer and universals
- 7 Vulnerable domains in Cantonese and the directionality of transfer
- 8 Bilingual development and contact-induced grammaticalization
- 9 Conclusions and implications
- References
- Index
- Author index
- References
References
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 January 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables and figures
- Series editor's foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Theoretical framework
- 3 Methodology
- 4 Wh-interrogatives: to move or not to move?
- 5 Null objects: dual input and learnability
- 6 Relative clauses: transfer and universals
- 7 Vulnerable domains in Cantonese and the directionality of transfer
- 8 Bilingual development and contact-induced grammaticalization
- 9 Conclusions and implications
- References
- Index
- Author index
- References
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