This report considers the early stages of grammatical development in the child. It
summarizes some cross-linguistic similarities in acquisition of several different types of …

The present volume is designed to help the student of child language, especially the
beginning student, discover the high points of American and international research, such as …

This book is primarily an introductory textbook for students who have some background in
linguistics and phonetics (a glossary has been added for those who have no such …

Language development. Language development. Citation de Villiers, PA, & de Villiers, JG (1992).
Language development. In MH Bornstein & ME Lamb (Eds.), Developmental psychology: An …

This book presents a general overview of our current knowledge of language development
in children. All the principal strands of language development are covered, including …

The new edition of a comprehensive introduction to a rapidly developing field, combining
developmental data with theory. How do children begin to use language? How does …

36 in actual output converge towards the actual underlying grammar, or something of the
sort. I have never seen a coherent presentation of this position, but, even as a vague idea, it …

In addition to" yes-no" questions, there are" or" questions and interrogative word questions."
Or" questions require a choice of an alternative if there is a falling intonation. The short …

MODERN linguistics has often stressed the rapidity of the languageacquisition process:
when children start the systematic acquisition of structured domains of knowledge at school …

A substantial body of research shows that children already know a number of aspects of
universal grammar (UG), the biologically given system of grammar in the human brain …