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Language Acquisition

  • Susan Foster-Cohen
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Part of the Palgrave Advances in Linguistics book series (PADLL)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction
      Susan Foster-Cohen
      Pages 1-12

  3. Explaining Language Acquisition

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 13-13
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    2. Word Learning and the Origins of Phonological Systems
      Marilyn Vihman
      Pages 15-39
    3. Cracking the Language Code: Processing Strategies in First Language Acquisition
      Ann M. Peters
      Pages 40-61
    4. The Inevitability of Child Directed Speech
      Matthew Saxton
      Pages 62-86
    5. Universal Grammar Approaches to Language Acquisition
      Maria Teresa Guasti
      Pages 87-108
    6. Second Language Acquisition
      Susan Gass
      Pages 109-139

  4. Windows on Language Acquisition

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 141-141
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    2. Language and the Many Faces of Emotion
      Judy S. Reilly
      Pages 143-168
    3. Complements Enable Representation of the Contents of False Beliefs: The Evolution of a Theory of Theory of Mind
      Jill G. de Villiers, Peter A. de Villiers
      Pages 169-195
    4. Going Beyond Semantics: The Development of Pragmatic Enrichment
      Nausicaa Pouscoulous, Ira A. Noveck
      Pages 196-215
    5. The Acquisition of Phrasal Vocabulary
      Koenraad Kuiper, Georgie Columbus, Norbert Schmitt
      Pages 216-240

  5. Language Acquisition, Culture and Linguistic Diversity

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 241-241
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    2. Language Development in Simultaneous Bilingual Children
      Natascha Müller
      Pages 243-272
    3. Universals and Cross-Linguistic Variability in Children’s Discourse
      Maya Hickmann
      Pages 273-293
    4. Trends in Research on Narrative Development
      Ruth A. Berman
      Pages 294-318
    5. Family Literacy Activities: What is, What Ought to be and the Role of Parents’ Ideas
      Stuart McNaughton, Meaola Amituanai-Toloa, ‘Ema Wolfgramm-Foliaki
      Pages 319-336
  6. Back Matter
    Pages 337-338
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About this book

Introduction

This book provides a snapshot of the field of language acquisition at the beginning of the 21st Century. It represents the multiplicity of approaches that characterize the field and provides a review of current topics and debates, as well as addressing some of the connections between sub-fields and possible future directions for research.

Keywords

evolution first language grammar language language acquisition literacy second language Second language acquisition semantics SLA

Editors and affiliations

  • Susan Foster-Cohen
    • 1
  1. 1.ChristchurchNew Zealand

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