List of contributors The life and work of Ruth A. BermanRuth A. Berman's list of publicationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionI. Language And Discourse1. Catégorisation, grammaticalisation et lexicalisation; Hava Bat-Zeev ShyldkrotThe Hebrew Language In Israel2. Parsing forms with identical consonants: Hebrew reduplication; Outi Bat-El3. Linear first-time derivation of verbs and consonant cluster preservation in Israeli Hebrew; Shmuel Bolozky 4. Modern Hebrew Consonant Clusters; Ora (Rodrigue) Schwarzwald 5. Transcribing Spoken Israeli Hebrew: Preliminary notes; Shlomo Izre'el 6. From Vanity to Grace: A case study of metaphorical frame contacts; Tamar Sovran 7. Language rights in the multilingual society of Israel; Elena ShohamyThe Interrelations Of Language And Narrative8. Grammatical gender and personification; Bernard Comrie 9. Relating narrative events in translation; Dan I. Slobin 10. Why do we need evaluation devices anyway?; Yeshayahu Shen 11. On interpreting: A tutorial; Rachel Gioba II. A Developmental Perspective On Language And Discourse12. Teaching and artificial life; Tzur Sayag and Sidney StraussEarly Language Acquisition And Emergent Literacy13. Resultant states in early language acquisition; Eve V. Clark 14. The acquisition of subordination: From preconjunctionals to later use; Sharon Armon-Lotem 15. The emergence of expressive options in early child language: A constructivist account; Edy Veneziano 16. Children's names contribute to early literacy: A linguistic and a social perspective; Iris Levin and Dorit Aram 17. What Little Red Riding Hood tells us about Italian children's writing; Daniela Fabbretti and Clotilde PontecorvoNarrative Development In The School Years18. Role of the home context in relations between narrative abilities and literacy practices; Ayhan Aksu-Koç 19. 'I will tell youthe whole true story now': Sequencing the past, present and future in children's conversational narratives; Shoshna Blum-Kulka 20. Perceiving and producing the Frog Story; Kenneth Holmqvist, Jana Holsanova, Victoria Johansson And Sven Strömqvist 21. Narratives in children with Williams Syndrome: A cross-linguistic perspective; Judy Reilly, Josie Bernicot, Stefano Vicari, Agnes Lacroix, and Ursula BellugiLater Language And Literacy Development In The Context Of Expository Texts 22. Logical connectors in Hebrew: how well do eighth-graders master them?; Elite Olshtain and Etty Cohen 23. The super-structure of written expository texts - A developmental perspective; Irit Katzenberger 24. Emergence of linguistic complexity in later language development: Evidence from expository text construction; Dorit Ravid25. Developing alternatives for indicating discourse stance; Harriet Jisa 26. Becoming proficient educated users of language; Liliana Tolchinsky, Elisa Rosado, Melina Aparici and Joan Perera2nd Language Acquisition And Bilingualism27. Task-related variation in tense usage in Arabic-Hebrew interlanguage; Roni Henkin 28. Acquisition, attrition, and revitalization of Hebrew in immigrant children; Dorit Kaufman29. Word class distinctions in an incomplete grammar; Maria PolinskyContexts Of Literacy30. Literacy development across language boundaries; Ludo Verhoeven 31. Perceptions and evidence of early literacy in Hebrew; Joseph ShimronIndex

List of contributors The life and work of Ruth A. BermanRuth A. Berman's list of publicationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionI. Language And Discourse1. Catégorisation, grammaticalisation et lexicalisation; Hava Bat-Zeev ShyldkrotThe Hebrew Language In Israel2. Parsing forms with identical consonants: Hebrew reduplication; Outi Bat-El3. Linear first-time derivation of verbs and consonant cluster preservation in Israeli Hebrew; Shmuel Bolozky 4. Modern Hebrew Consonant Clusters; Ora (Rodrigue) Schwarzwald 5. Transcribing Spoken Israeli Hebrew: Preliminary notes; Shlomo Izre'el 6. From Vanity to Grace: A case study of metaphorical frame contacts; Tamar Sovran 7. Language rights in the multilingual society of Israel; Elena ShohamyThe Interrelations Of Language And Narrative8. Grammatical gender and personification; Bernard Comrie 9. Relating narrative events in translation; Dan I. Slobin 10. Why do we need evaluation devices anyway?; Yeshayahu Shen 11. On interpreting: A tutorial; Rachel Gioba II. A Developmental Perspective On Language And Discourse12. Teaching and artificial life; Tzur Sayag and Sidney StraussEarly Language Acquisition And Emergent Literacy13. Resultant states in early language acquisition; Eve V. Clark 14. The acquisition of subordination: From preconjunctionals to later use; Sharon Armon-Lotem 15. The emergence of expressive options in early child language: A constructivist account; Edy Veneziano 16. Children's names contribute to early literacy: A linguistic and a social perspective; Iris Levin and Dorit Aram 17. What Little Red Riding Hood tells us about Italian children's writing; Daniela Fabbretti and Clotilde PontecorvoNarrative Development In The School Years18. Role of the home context in relations between narrative abilities and literacy practices; Ayhan Aksu-Koç 19. 'I will tell youthe whole true story now': Sequencing the past, present and future in children's conversational narratives; Shoshna Blum-Kulka 20. Perceiving and producing the Frog Story; Kenneth Holmqvist, Jana Holsanova, Victoria Johansson And Sven Strömqvist 21. Narratives in children with Williams Syndrome: A cross-linguistic perspective; Judy Reilly, Josie Bernicot, Stefano Vicari, Agnes Lacroix, and Ursula BellugiLater Language And Literacy Development In The Context Of Expository Texts 22. Logical connectors in Hebrew: how well do eighth-graders master them?; Elite Olshtain and Etty Cohen 23. The super-structure of written expository texts - A developmental perspective; Irit Katzenberger 24. Emergence of linguistic complexity in later language development: Evidence from expository text construction; Dorit Ravid25. Developing alternatives for indicating discourse stance; Harriet Jisa 26. Becoming proficient educated users of language; Liliana Tolchinsky, Elisa Rosado, Melina Aparici and Joan Perera2nd Language Acquisition And Bilingualism27. Task-related variation in tense usage in Arabic-Hebrew interlanguage; Roni Henkin 28. Acquisition, attrition, and revitalization of Hebrew in immigrant children; Dorit Kaufman29. Word class distinctions in an incomplete grammar; Maria PolinskyContexts Of Literacy30. Literacy development across language boundaries; Ludo Verhoeven 31. Perceptions and evidence of early literacy in Hebrew; Joseph ShimronIndex

List of contributors The life and work of Ruth A. BermanRuth A. Berman's list of publicationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionI. Language And Discourse1. Catégorisation, grammaticalisation et lexicalisation; Hava Bat-Zeev ShyldkrotThe Hebrew Language In Israel2. Parsing forms with identical consonants: Hebrew reduplication; Outi Bat-El3. Linear first-time derivation of verbs and consonant cluster preservation in Israeli Hebrew; Shmuel Bolozky 4. Modern Hebrew Consonant Clusters; Ora (Rodrigue) Schwarzwald 5. Transcribing Spoken Israeli Hebrew: Preliminary notes; Shlomo Izre'el 6. From Vanity to Grace: A case study of metaphorical frame contacts; Tamar Sovran 7. Language rights in the multilingual society of Israel; Elena ShohamyThe Interrelations Of Language And Narrative8. Grammatical gender and personification; Bernard Comrie 9. Relating narrative events in translation; Dan I. Slobin 10. Why do we need evaluation devices anyway?; Yeshayahu Shen 11. On interpreting: A tutorial; Rachel Gioba II. A Developmental Perspective On Language And Discourse12. Teaching and artificial life; Tzur Sayag and Sidney StraussEarly Language Acquisition And Emergent Literacy13. Resultant states in early language acquisition; Eve V. Clark 14. The acquisition of subordination: From preconjunctionals to later use; Sharon Armon-Lotem 15. The emergence of expressive options in early child language: A constructivist account; Edy Veneziano 16. Children's names contribute to early literacy: A linguistic and a social perspective; Iris Levin and Dorit Aram 17. What Little Red Riding Hood tells us about Italian children's writing; Daniela Fabbretti and Clotilde PontecorvoNarrative Development In The School Years18. Role of the home context in relations between narrative abilities and literacy practices; Ayhan Aksu-Koç 19. 'I will tell youthe whole true story now': Sequencing the past, present and future in children's conversational narratives; Shoshna Blum-Kulka 20. Perceiving and producing the Frog Story; Kenneth Holmqvist, Jana Holsanova, Victoria Johansson And Sven Strömqvist 21. Narratives in children with Williams Syndrome: A cross-linguistic perspective; Judy Reilly, Josie Bernicot, Stefano Vicari, Agnes Lacroix, and Ursula BellugiLater Language And Literacy Development In The Context Of Expository Texts 22. Logical connectors in Hebrew: how well do eighth-graders master them?; Elite Olshtain and Etty Cohen 23. The super-structure of written expository texts - A developmental perspective; Irit Katzenberger 24. Emergence of linguistic complexity in later language development: Evidence from expository text construction; Dorit Ravid25. Developing alternatives for indicating discourse stance; Harriet Jisa 26. Becoming proficient educated users of language; Liliana Tolchinsky, Elisa Rosado, Melina Aparici and Joan Perera2nd Language Acquisition And Bilingualism27. Task-related variation in tense usage in Arabic-Hebrew interlanguage; Roni Henkin 28. Acquisition, attrition, and revitalization of Hebrew in immigrant children; Dorit Kaufman29. Word class distinctions in an incomplete grammar; Maria PolinskyContexts Of Literacy30. Literacy development across language boundaries; Ludo Verhoeven 31. Perceptions and evidence of early literacy in Hebrew; Joseph ShimronIndex