Philippe Prévost

List of John Benjamins publications in which Philippe Prévost is involved.

Titles

The Acquisition of French: The development of inflectional morphology and syntax in L1 acquisition, bilingualism, and L2 acquisition

Philippe Prévost

This book presents a thorough description of morphosyntactic knowledge developed by learners of French in four different learning situations — first language (L1) acquisition, second (L2) language acquisition, bilingualism, and acquisition by children with Specific Language Impairment — within the… read more

[Language Acquisition and Language Disorders, 51] 2009. xx, 458 pp.

Inquiries in Linguistic Development: In honor of Lydia White

Edited by Roumyana Slabakova, Silvina Montrul and Philippe Prévost

The focus of this collection is on important themes in L2 acquisition, the nature of grammatical systems developed by language learners in L1 acquisition, third language acquisition, and bilingualism and language attrition. The chapters present an interesting mix of theoretical contributions,… read more

[Not in series, 133] 2006. vi, 363 pp.

The Acquisition of French in Different Contexts: Focus on functional categories

Edited by Philippe Prévost and Johanne Paradis

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)… read more

[Language Acquisition and Language Disorders, 32] 2004. viii, 384 pp.

Tuller, Laurie, Silvia Silleresi and Philippe Prévost 2025 Autism and language modularity Footprints of Phrase Structure: Studies in syntax in honour of Tim Stowell, Arche, María J., Jan-Wouter Zwart, Hamida Demirdache and Hagit Borer (eds.), pp. 36–54 | Chapter

Language in autism provides an interesting perspective from which to explore language modularity, a central tenet of generative grammar. Structural language skills even in speaking individuals on the autism spectrum vary considerably, from age-appropriate, complex structural language to severely… read more

Fiani, Rachel, Guillemette Henry and Philippe Prévost 2022 Macrostructure in narratives produced by Lebanese Arabic-French bilingual children: Developmental trends and links with language dominance, exposure to narratives and lexical skills Storytelling: How organization of narratives is (not) affected by linguistic skills, Bohnacker, Ute and Natalia Gagarina (eds.), pp. 446–478 | Article

Studies of macrostructure in bilingual children investigated potential age and language effects, without systematically taking into account bilingualism factors such as language dominance, exposure to narratives, and general language abilities. These issues were addressed in a study of… read more

Prévost, Philippe and Laurie Tuller 2022 Bilingual language development in autism Epistemological issue: Bilingual Language Development in Autism, Flores, Cristina and Neal Snape (eds.), pp. 1–32 | Article

Bilingual language development in children with autism is a new field; the entire body of literature, which is so far sparse, has been published within the last ten years. The potential impact of this research is, however, very high, due to increasing numbers of children growing up bilingually… read more

Prévost, Philippe and Laurie Tuller 2022 Response to Commentaries on bilingual language development in autism Epistemological issue: Bilingual Language Development in Autism, Flores, Cristina and Neal Snape (eds.), pp. 92–102 | Reply

Almeida, Laetitia de, Sandrine Ferré, Eléonore Morin, Philippe Prévost, Christophe dos Santos, Laurie Tuller, Racha Zebib and Marie-Anne Barthez 2021 Identification of bilingual children with Specific Language Impairment in France Language Impairment in Multilingual Settings: LITMUS in action across Europe, Armon-Lotem, Sharon and Kleanthes K. Grohmann (eds.), pp. 169–196 | Chapter

We report on the usefulness of three LITMUS tools in distinguishing bilingual children with SLI (Bi-SLI) from bilingual children with typical development (Bi-TD), in France: LITMUS-QU-NWR-FR (non-word repetition), LITMUS-SR-FR (sentence repetition), and LITMUS-PABIQ (parental questionnaire). 82… read more

Chilla, Solveig, Cornelia Hamann, Philippe Prévost, Lina Abed Ibrahim, Sandrine Ferré, Christophe dos Santos, Racha Zebib and Laurice Tuller 2021 The influence of different first languages on LITMUS nonword-repetition and sentence repetition in second language French and second language German: A crosslinguistic approach Language Impairment in Multilingual Settings: LITMUS in action across Europe, Armon-Lotem, Sharon and Kleanthes K. Grohmann (eds.), pp. 227–262 | Chapter

The study investigates the appropriateness of the French and German LITMUS–Sentence Repetition (LITMUS–SR) and the LITMUS–Quasi–Universal–Nonword–Repetition task (LITMUS–QU–NWR) for the assessment of bilingual children with diverse language backgrounds. We examine the quantitative and qualitative… read more

Scheidnes, Maureen, Laurice Tuller and Philippe Prévost 2021 Object clitic production in French-speaking L2 children and children with SLI: A longitudinal comparison of elicited and spontaneous language Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 11:2, pp. 259–288 | Article

This study examines French object clitic production in 20 typically developing L2 children (L1 English) compared to 19 monolingual children with SLI. We collected spontaneous and elicitation data twice at a one-year interval (T1, T2) in order to better evaluate the impact of age- and… read more

Fiani, Rachel, Guillemette Henry and Philippe Prévost 2020 Narrative comprehension in Lebanese Arabic-French bilingual children Developing Narrative Comprehension: Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives, Bohnacker, Ute and Natalia Gagarina (eds.), pp. 31–60 | Chapter

This chapter examines the development of comprehension of macrostructure in narratives by 48 simultaneous bilingual Lebanese Arabic-French children aged 4–9. Fictional storytelling and narrative comprehension tasks were administered in both languages, using the Multilingual Assessment Instrument… read more

Silleresi, Silvia, Laurie Tuller, Hélène Delage, Stephanie Durrleman, Frédérique Bonnet-Brilhault, Joëlle Malvy and Philippe Prévost 2018 Sentence repetition and language impairment in French-speaking children with ASD On the Acquisition of the Syntax of Romance, Gavarró, Anna (ed.), pp. 235–258 | Chapter

This study investigates formal language abilities in French-speaking children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). We report on the usefulness of the LITMUS-Sentence-Repetition-French task in distinguishing children with impaired language (ASD-LI) from children with normal language (ASD-LN). We… read more

Almeida, Laetitia de, Sandrine Ferré, Eléonore Morin, Philippe Prévost, Christophe dos Santos, Laurie Tuller, Racha Zebib and Marie-Anne Barthez 2017 Identification of bilingual children with Specific Language Impairment in France Language Impairment in Bilingual Children: State of the art 2017, Marinis, Theodoros, Sharon Armon-Lotem and George Pontikas (eds.), pp. 331–358 | Article

We report on the usefulness of three LITMUS tools in distinguishing bilingual children with SLI (Bi-SLI) from bilingual children with typical development (Bi-TD), in France: LITMUS-NWR-FR (non-word repetition), LITMUS-SR-FR (sentence repetition), and LITMUS-PABIQ (parental questionnaire). 82… read more

Prévost, Philippe, Laurice Tuller, Anne Galloux and Marie-Anne Barthez 2017 Complexity and production/comprehension asymmetries in the acquisition of wh-questions in French: Comparing second language acquisition and language impairment in children Cross-linguistic Influence in Bilingualism: In honor of Aafke Hulk, Blom, Elma, Leonie Cornips and Jeannette Schaeffer (eds.), pp. 231–258 | Chapter

Assuming that production places a greater burden on processing than comprehension, this study explores the hypothesis that both the degree of linguistic computational complexity entailed in a particular structure and the processing capacity of the speakers determine if and when… read more

Prévost, Philippe 2011  The Interface Hypothesis: What about optionality in native speakers? Epistemological issue with keynote article “Pinning down of “interface” in bilingualism” by Antonella Sorace, pp. 79–83 | Commentary

Prévost, Philippe 2008 Truncation in child L2 acquisition: Evidence from verbless utterances Current Trends in Child Second Language Acquisition: A generative perspective, Haznedar, Belma and Elena Gavruseva (eds.), pp. 177–207 | Article

This chapter examines the nature of verbless utterances, namely utterances requiring a copula or a lexical verb in the target language, in longitudinal production data of two English-speaking children learning French (aged 5;4 and 5;8 at the onset of acquisition). It is suggested that such… read more

Borgonovo, Claudia, Joyce Bruhn de Garavito and Philippe Prévost 2006 Is the semantics/syntax interface vulnerable in l2 acquisition? Focus on mood distinctions clauses in L2 Spanish The Acquisition of Syntax in Romance Languages, Torrens, Vincent and Linda Escobar (eds.), pp. 353–369 | Article

We examine the L2 acquisition by English native speakers of the interpretation of DPs as signaled by mood in Spanish relative clauses. The choice of mood here depends on the specificity of the DP head, not on grammaticality. Modal contexts license non-specific interpretations of DPs and L2 learners… read more

Borgonovo, Claudia, Joyce Bruhn de Garavito, Pedro Guijarro-Fuentes, Philippe Prévost and Elena Valenzuela 2006 Specificity in Spanish: The syntax/semantics interface in SLA EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 6 (2006), Foster-Cohen, Susan H., Marta Medved Krajnovic and Jelena Mihaljević Djigunović (eds.), pp. 57–78 | Article

Recent proposals argue that interface areas such as syntax/semantics and syntax/pragmatics are particularly difficult for adult learners, in comparison to purely syntactic phenomena (Sorace 2003, 2004). In contrast, other research shows that L2 learners are able to acquire target representations… read more

Prévost, Philippe 2006 Morphological variability in the development of L2 French morphosyntax: The issues of impairment and L1 influence Inquiries in Linguistic Development: In honor of Lydia White, Slabakova, Roumyana, Silvina Montrul and Philippe Prévost (eds.), pp. 135–156 | Article

Slabakova, Roumyana, Silvina Montrul and Philippe Prévost 2006 Inquiries in linguistic development: Studies in honor of Lydia White Inquiries in Linguistic Development: In honor of Lydia White, Slabakova, Roumyana, Silvina Montrul and Philippe Prévost (eds.), pp. 1–13 | Article

Paradis, Johanne and Philippe Prévost 2004 Functional categories in the acquisition of French The Acquisition of French in Different Contexts: Focus on functional categories, Prévost, Philippe and Johanne Paradis (eds.), pp. 1–23 | Article

Prévost, Philippe 2004 Morphological variation in early adult second language French: A cross-sectional study EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 4 (2004), Foster-Cohen, Susan H., Michael Sharwood Smith, Antonella Sorace and Mitsuhiko Ota (eds.), pp. 147–175 | Article

Prévost, Philippe 2004 The semantic and aspectual properties of child L2 root infinitives The Acquisition of French in Different Contexts: Focus on functional categories, Prévost, Philippe and Johanne Paradis (eds.), pp. 305–331 | Article

Prévost, Philippe 2003 On the Nature of Root Infinitives in Adult L2 French Romance Linguistics: Theory and Acquisition, Pérez-Leroux, Ana Teresa and Yves Roberge (eds.), pp. 367–384 | Article

Prévost, Philippe 1999 The Second Language Acquisition Of The Split CP Structure The Development of Second Language Grammars: A generative approach, Klein, Elaine C. and Gita Martohardjono (eds.), pp. 45–80 | Article