Esther Rinke

List of John Benjamins publications in which Esther Rinke is involved.

Title

The Development of Grammar: Language acquisition and diachronic change. In honour of Jürgen M. Meisel

Edited by Esther Rinke and Tanja Kupisch

This volume focuses on different aspects of language development. The contributions are concerned with similarities and differences between first and second language acquisition, the acquisition of sentence structure and functional categories, cross-linguistic influence in bilingual first language… read more

[Hamburg Studies on Multilingualism, 11] 2011. viii, 414 pp.

Articles (9) | Order by:

Rinke, Esther and Aldona Sopata 2026 The other side of the coin: Linguistic complexity as a potential cause for selective reinforcement in the heritage language of returnee speakers Epistemological issue: What returnee bilinguals may teach us about language attrition, language stabilization, and individual variation, Carlson, Matthew T. and Jorge González Alonso (eds.), pp. 68–72 | Commentary

Barbosa, Pilar, Cristina Flores and Esther Rinke 2025 Null objects from a cross-linguistic and developmental perspective Null Objects from a Cross-Linguistic and Developmental Perspective, Barbosa, Pilar and Cristina Flores (eds.), pp. 1–26 | Chapter

Rinke, Esther 2025 Animacy restrictions on null objects in European Portuguese Null Objects from a Cross-Linguistic and Developmental Perspective, Barbosa, Pilar and Cristina Flores (eds.), pp. 114–140 | Chapter

This paper investigates the role of animacy for the distribution of clitics and null objects in European Portuguese. Existing corpus data suggest that in spontaneous speech speakers prefer null objects with inanimate referents but clitics with animate referents. A new acceptability judgment… read more

Rinke, Esther, Daniel M.?K. Weingärtner, Cristina Flores, Mercedes Martinez Bruera, Andrea Listanti, Juliana Novo Gomes and Sol Lago 2025 Are heritage speakers one step ahead in ongoing processes of diachronic change? Comparing heritage speakers with speakers of two varieties of Portuguese in their comprehension of null object constructions Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism: Online-First Articles | Article

This study investigates whether heritage speakers of European Portuguese (EP) show a diachronically advanced behaviour in their comprehension of null object constructions. Based on a comprehension experiment, we compared heritage speakers to homeland speakers of EP, on the one hand and homeland… read more

Sopata, Aldona, Esther Rinke and Cristina Flores 2023 How unique is the linguistic situation of endangered language speakers? Epistemological issue: The dynamics of bilingualism in language shift ecologies, Flores, Cristina and Neal Snape (eds.), pp. 100–105 | Commentary

Flores, Cristina, Esther Rinke and Claudia Wagner 2022 To hón ich imma insistieat: Syntactic stability in heritage Hunsrückisch German spoken in Brazil Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 12:3, pp. 251–279 | Article

This paper investigates syntactic variation in Hunsrückisch German, spoken in a language enclave in South Brazil over eight generations. The aim is to analyse whether this heritage language maintains asymmetric verb placement, i.e. verb-second in main clauses and verb-final in subordinate… read more

Petrova, Svetlana and Esther Rinke 2014 Formal properties of event-reporting sentences in Old High German and Old French Information Structure and Syntactic Change in Germanic and Romance Languages, Bech, Kristin and Kristine Gunn Eide (eds.), pp. 271–294 | Article

This article investigates the interplay between syntax and information structure by comparing the discourse conditions under which a special class of root clauses in two Old High German (OHG) and Old French (OF) texts occur. The focus is on sentences with post-verbal subjects and either the… read more

Rinke, Esther and Tanja Kupisch 2011 Introduction The Development of Grammar: Language acquisition and diachronic change, Rinke, Esther and Tanja Kupisch (eds.), pp. 1–15 | Introduction

Rinke, Esther 2009 Verb placement in Old Portuguese Focus and Background in Romance Languages, Dufter, Andreas and Daniel Jacob (eds.), pp. 309–332 | Article