TABLE OF CONTENTS -- EDITORIAL NOTE -- OPENING TEXT -- WHAT DO CROSSPOPULATION STUDIES TELLUS ABOUT THE ROLE OF GRAMMARIN LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT?1 -- ARTICLES -- CONTRAST ENCODING IN EUROPEANPORTUGUESE -- PHONOLOGICAL VARIATIONIN LA SELVA CATALAN -- CHILD ACQUISITION OF EXHAUSTIVITY -- THE ACQUISITION OF THE PRONOMINALSYSTEM IN PORTUGUESE L2 BY BASICEDUCATION STUDENTS IN CAPE VERDE -- THE ACQUISITION OF THE MORPHOLOGICALAND SEMANTIC PROPERTIESOF THE PORTUGUESE PRETÉRITO PERFEITOAND PRETÉRITO IMPERFEITO BY NATIVESPEAKERS OF CAPEVERDEAN CREOLE -- NULL OBJECT FEATURESIN BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE -- SUBJECT-VERB INVERSIONIN DECLARATIVEEXCLAMATIVESENTENCESIN THE PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE -- TERMINOLOGY ISSUES IN SPANISHAND PORTUGUESE PHONETICSAND PHONOLOGY -- RELATIONS BETWEEN GRAMMARAND READING -- CLOSING TEXT -- LANGUAGE IN ACTION.