"This book presents an array of new research on several current theoretical debates in the field of SLA. The studies address questions relating to ultimate attainment, first language transfer, universal properties of SLA, processing and second language (L2) grammar, and explore a number of grammatical features of the L2"-- Provided by publisher.

Specificity matters even when definiteness transfers /Deborah Arteaga and Julia Herschenson -- What can acquisition studies contribute to instruction of register? a case study of French / Dalila Ayoun -- The L2 acquisition of French morphosyntax by anglophone learners : a longitudinal study / Laurent Dekydtspotter and Charlene Gilbert -- When non-native speakers have an advantage across tasks : syntax and long distance anaphoric dependencies in second-language French / Nuria Sagarra -- Age effects and morphological markedness in L2 processing of gender agreement : insights from eye-tracking / Anne Vainikka and Martha Young-Scholten -- Finding their heads : how immigrant adults posit L2 functional projections / Bridget Yaden -- The acquisition environment for instructed L2 learners : implementing hybrid and online language courses / Deborah Arteaga.