Front matter -- Introduction / Ramat, Anna Giacalone -- Typology and language acquisition: the case of relative clauses / Comrie, Bernard -- Relative clauses in early bilingual development: Transfer and universals / Matthews, Stephen / Yip, Virginia -- Learner varieties and language types. The case of indefinite pronouns in non-native Italian / Bernini, Giuliano -- Adnominal possession: combining typological and second language perspectives / Hammarberg, Björn / Koptjevskaja-Tamm, Maria -- Gerunds as optional categories in second language learning / Ramat, Anna Giacalone -- Iconicity and finiteness in the development of early grammar in French as L2 and in French-based Creoles / Veronique, Daniel -- Lexicalisation of aspectual structures in English and Japanese / Shirai, Yasuhiro / Nishi, Yumiko -- Using nouns for reference maintenance: A seeming contradiction in L2 discourse / Hendriks, Henriëtte -- Crosslinguistic comparison and second language acquisition: an approach to Topic and Left detachment constructions from the perspective of spoken language / Sornicola, Rosanna -- Typology and information organisation: perspective taking and Language-specific effects in the construal of events / Carroll, Mary / Stutterheim, Christiane von -- Typological comparison and interlanguage phonology: maps or gaps between typology and language learning of sound systems? / Giannini, Stefania -- Index of subjects -- Index of authors -- List of contributors |