Andrea Gualmini is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Linguistics at M.I.T. He received a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Maryland.

• Introduction Chapter 1: Language and Acquisition Chapter 2: Entailment and Polarity Phenomena in Child Language Chapter 3: The Structure of Child Language Chapter 4: Asymmetries of Child Language Chapter 5: Structure and Beyond Chapter 6: The Structure of the Universal Asymmetry and Beyond Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F Appendix G References Index

Andrea Gualmini is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Linguistics at M.I.T. He received a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Maryland.

• Introduction Chapter 1: Language and Acquisition Chapter 2: Entailment and Polarity Phenomena in Child Language Chapter 3: The Structure of Child Language Chapter 4: Asymmetries of Child Language Chapter 5: Structure and Beyond Chapter 6: The Structure of the Universal Asymmetry and Beyond Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F Appendix G References Index

Andrea Gualmini is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Linguistics at M.I.T. He received a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Maryland.

• Introduction Chapter 1: Language and Acquisition Chapter 2: Entailment and Polarity Phenomena in Child Language Chapter 3: The Structure of Child Language Chapter 4: Asymmetries of Child Language Chapter 5: Structure and Beyond Chapter 6: The Structure of the Universal Asymmetry and Beyond Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F Appendix G References Index