none 10.1075/lald.32.05dec John Benjamins Publishing Company John Benjamins Publishing Company 1757 67870731 1420314 1420287 202507022334000021 10.1075 2025-07-02T17:33:13Z 2014-03-24T04:10:30Z 4 0925-0123 10.1075/lald https://benjamins.com/ catalog/lald Philippe Prévost Laval University https://ror.org/04sjchr03 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6201-1800 Johanne Paradis University of Alberta https://ror.org/0160cpw27 Focus on functional categories This volume is a collection of studies by some of the foremost researchers of French acquisition in the generative framework. It provides a unique perspective on cross-learner comparative research in that each chapter examines the development of one component of the grammar (functional categories) across different contexts in French learners: i.e. first language acquisition, second language acquisition, bilingual first language acquisition and specifically-language impaired acquisition. This permits readers to see how similar issues and morphosyntactic properties can be investigated in a range of various acquisition situations, and in turn, how each context can contribute to our general understanding of how these morphosyntactic properties are acquired in all learners of the same language. This state-of-the-art collection is enhanced by an introductory chapter that provides background on current formal generative theory, as well as a summary and synthesis of the major trends emerging from the individual studies regarding the acquisition of different functional categories across different learner contexts in French. 32 2 26 2004 9 4 2006 9789027252913 9781588114556 9789027295774 John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam 10.1075/lald.32 http://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027295774 https://www.jbe-platform.com/deliver/fulltext/9789027295774.pdf https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1075/lald.32/html Cécile De Cat https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0044-0527 2 26 2004 9 4 2006 51 88 10.1075/lald.32.05dec https://benjamins.com/catalog/lald.32.05dec https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1075/lald.32.05dec/html