Contents
The Status of Contraints
Karen Baertsch

Onset Sonority Distance Constraints
Through Local Conjunction

1

Parameters vs. Soft Constraints in theAnalysis ofDiscourse-configurationality

17

Haruka Fukazawa

Extension ofSympathy Theory toGeneral Opacity in Optimality Theory

31

Haruka Fukazawa
Mafuyu Kitahara
Mitsuhiko Ota

Lexical Stratification and Ranking
Invariance in Constraint-based Grammars

47

Grice, Discourse Representation, andOptimalIntonation

63

Input Constraints in Tamil

79

Frank Keller

Gradient Grammaticality as an Effect ofSelective Constraint Re-ranking

95

Yen-Hwei Lin

Gradient and Categorical Constraint
Assessment in Partial Assimilation

111

John J. McCarthy

Morpheme Structure Constraints andParadigm Occultation

125

Naomi Nagy
David Heap

Francoprovencal Null Subjects andConstraint Interaction

151

The Development of(Apparently) Onsetless
Syllabification: A Constraint-based Approach

167

Grammatical Tension

179

Joao Costa

Bruce Hall
Abigail R. KaunRob Pensalfini
Jerrold M.Sadock

The Acquisition of Spoken Language
Audra Dainora
Yukari Hirata
Joanna H.Lowenstein
Catharine H.Echols
Megan J. Crowhurst
James Emil Flege

The Acquisition ofSpoken Language

201

Developing Knowledge ofMetrical 207
Rhythm in Infancy
The Role ofSubject and Phonetic Variables
in Second-Language Learning

213

Acquisition ofJapanese Durational Contrasts byNative Speakers ofEnglish: Expanding the Field
ofL2 Acquisition

233

Incorporating Principles of General Learningin Theories ofLanguage Acquisition

253

David Ingrain

The Nature ofProsodic Primitives: Evidencefrom
Child Language and Language Impairment

269

Ewa Jacewicz

The Spectral Large-Scale Integration Mechanism inPerceptual Classification ofSecond Language Vowels

277Peter W.Jusczyk

Dividing and Conquering Linguistic Input

293

Kyung-Shim KangOn Phonetic Parameters in the Acquisition ofKorean Obstruents: A Case Study

311

Ineke Mennen

Second Language Acquisition ofIntonation:
The Case ofPeak Alignment

327James M.Scobbie

Interactions Between the Acquisition ofPhonetics and Phonology

343

Joseph Paul Stemberger
Barbara Bernhardt

Learning the Mappingfrom Perceived toArticulated

359

Marilyn May Vihman
Rory DePaolis

Perception and Production in Early Vocal
Development: Evidencefrom the AcquisitionofAccent

373

Ewa Waniek-Klimczak

Sources of Variability in L2 Phonology:
Vowel Duration in 'Polish English'

387

Yukari Hirata

Lori L. Holt
Andrew J. LottoKeith R. Kluender

Acquisition and the Lexicon
Syntax and Semantics in (Mis)learning Verb
Argument Structures

405

Joan Bybee

The Emergent Lexicon

421

Eve Clark

Lexical Structure and Pragmatic Directions in Acquisition

437

Jennifer S. ColeJose I. Hualde

The Object ofLexical Acquisition: A UR-free Model

447

Stefan FrischDavid B. Pisoni

The Development ofthe Lexicon in Deaf
Children with Cochlear Implants: New
Insights into Language Acquisition

459

Anna BabarczyVirginia C. Mueller Gathercole

Lexical Constraints in Acquisition:
Are They Violable Any Longer?

481

Hiroyuki OshitaThe Unaccusative Trap and the DevelopmentofL2 Lexicon493

Chikako Sakurai

Why Nouns Before Verbs? A Case Study ofJapanese Early Lexical Acquisition

511

Takaald Suzuki

Transitivity and Unaccusativity in Child Japanese521

Longxing Wei

Complex Lexical Structure and Morpheme
Acquisition in Interlanguage Development

535