Theoretical Approaches to Linguistic Variation

Whether multilingual heritage settings can lead to imperfect language acquisition and language change is debated in the literature (Lightfoot 1991; Meisel 2010; Montrul 2004; Montrul & Potowski 2007; Pascual Y Cabo & Rothman 2012; Silva-Corvalán 1994; Sorace 2004). By investigating the syntax of subject pronouns and the pro-drop parameter in pre-school children (aged 4.7–6.5) in one such context, this paper provides evidence that they do not. It is shown that all considered children acqu