| Gradual development of L2 phrase structure A Vainikka, M Young-Scholten Second language research 12 (1), 7-39, 1996 | 817 | 1996 |
| Direct access to x’-theory A Vainikka, M Young-Scholten Language acquisition studies in generative grammar, 265, 1994 | 790 | 1994 |
| The early stages in adult L2 syntax: Additional evidence from Romance speakers A Vainikka, M Young-Scholten Second Language Research 12 (2), 140-176, 1996 | 364 | 1996 |
| The seeds of structure. A syntactic analysis of the acquisition of case marking H Clahsen, S Eisenbeiss, A Vainikka John Benjamins 8, 85-118, 1994 | 307 | 1994 |
| Case in the development of English syntax A Vainikka Language acquisition 3 (3), 257-325, 1993 | 296 | 1993 |
| The acquisition of long-distance rules J De Villiers, T Roeper, A Vainikka Language processing and language acquisition, 257-297, 1990 | 268 | 1990 |
| Deriving syntactic representations in Finnish AM Vainikka University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1989 | 237 | 1989 |
| Empty subjects in Finnish and Hebrew A Vainikka, Y Levy Natural Language & Linguistic Theory 17 (3), 613-671, 1999 | 167 | 1999 |
| Morphosyntactic triggers in adult SLA A Vainikka, M Young-Scholten Language Acquisition and Language Disorders 19, 89-114, 1998 | 124 | 1998 |
| The three structural cases in Finnish A Vainikka Case and other functional categories in Finnish syntax, 129-159, 1993 | 116 | 1993 |
| The initial state in the L2 acquisition of phrase structure A Vainikka, M Young-Scholten The generative study of second language acquisition, 17-34, 2014 | 115 | 2014 |
| Is partitive case inherent or structural A Vainikka, J Maling Partitives: Studies in the syntax and semantics of partitive and related …, 1996 | 106 | 1996 |
| Functional projections, markedness, and “root infinitives” in early child Greek S Varlokosta, A Vainikka, B Rohrbacher Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/New York 15 (2-3), 187-208, 1998 | 88 | 1998 |
| Partial constraint ordering in child French syntax G Legendre, P Hagstrom, A Vainikka, M Todorova Language Acquisition 10 (3), 189-227, 2002 | 82 | 2002 |
| The roots of syntax and how they grow A Vainikka, M Young-Scholten Paths of development in L1 and L2 acquisition. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. doi 10, 2006 | 74 | 2006 |
| The acquisition of German: Introducing organic grammar A Vainikka, M Young-Scholten Walter de Gruyter, 2011 | 71 | 2011 |
| The Finnish accusative: Long-distance case assignment under agreement A Vainikka, P Brattico Linguistics 52 (1), 73-124, 2014 | 47 | 2014 |
| Root infinitives without infinitives S Varlokosta, A Vainikka, B Rohrbacher Proceedings of the 20th annual Boston University conference on language …, 1996 | 43 | 1996 |
| Language acquisition studies in generative grammar A Vainikka, T Hoekstra, BD Schwartz | 41 | 1994 |
| Language acquisition studies in generative grammar H Clahsen, S Eisenbeiss, A Vainikka, T Hoekstra, BD Schwartz | 41 | 1994 |
