NEW BOOK INFORMATION JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING COMPANY www.benjamins.com Language acquisition / Morphology / Romance linguistics / Syntax / Theoretical linguistics The Acquisition of Italian Morphosyntax and its interfaces in diferent modes of acquisition Adriana Belletti and Maria Teresa Guasti University of Siena/University of Geneva / University of Milano Bicocca A major contribution to the study of language acquisition and language development inspired by theoretical linguistics has been made by research on the acquisition of Italian syntax. This book ofers an updated overview of results from theory-driven experimental and corpus-based research on the acquisition of Italian in diferent modes (monolingual, early and late L2, SLI, etc.), as well as exploring possible developments for future research. The book focuses on experimental studies which address research questions generated by linguistic theory, providing a detailed illustration of the fruitful interaction between linguistic theorizing and developmental studies. The authors are leading fgures in theo- retical linguistics and language acquisition; their own work is featured in the research presented here. Students and advanced researchers will beneft from the systematic review ofered by this book and the critical assessment of the feld that it provides. [Language Acquisition and Language Disorders, 57] 2015. xiv, 326 pp. Hb 978 90 272 5319 4 EUR 99.00 E-book 978 90 272 6853 2 EUR 99.00 Pb 978 90 272 5320 0 EUR 36.00 Table of contents Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. The acquisition of verb infections and clause structure Chapter 2. The acquisition of articles and aspects of nominal infection Chapter 3. The acquisition of pronominal clitics Chapter 4. The acquisition of passive voices Chapter 5. The acquisition of relative clauses Chapter 6. The acquisition of Wh-questions Chapter 7. The acquisition of the syntax and interpretation of subjects Chapter 8. The acquisition of aspects of Italian compositional semantics and of semantic-pragmatic interface Conclusion References Index “A highly readable, truly informative, and remarkably thought provoking piece of work.” Gennaro Chierchia, Harvard University “The Acquisition of Italian is a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of grammatical develop- ment in Italian-speaking children. [...] I highly recommend this volume to anyone inter- ested in grammar acquisition in young children, especially as viewed through the lens of Italian.” Nina Hyams, UCLA