I-IV -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction: What do Japanese learners of English tell us about SLA? -- I: VP structures -- Japanese learners' acquisition of English motion verbs with goal PPs -- Unaccusatives versus passives in L2 English -- II: Functional categories -- The acquisition of the nominative and accusative cases in English by Japanese learners at an early stage -- The acquisition of a second language C-system by Japanese learners of English -- Pied-piping and stranding in oblique relative clauses in Japanese EFL learners' interlanguage grammars -- Is an interlanguage a "possible grammar"?: How Japanese speakers learn CP structures in English -- III: New empirical data -- Japanese learners' errors on long distance wh-questions -- N400 in the brain potential responses of second language learners: What ERPs suggest -- List of contributors -- Index