A goal of early research on language processing was to characterize what is universal about
language. Much of the past research focused on native speakers because the native …

This volume aims to provide a broad view of second language acquisition within a
comparative perspective that addresses results concerning adult and child learners across a …

The world's languages vary in almost every conceivable way, yet children readily learn their
native language. Understanding how children can acquire such a diversity of different …

Humans differ in innumerable ways, with considerable variation observable at every level of
description, from the molecular to the social. Traditionally, linguistic and psycholinguistic …

Developmental sociolinguistics is a rapidly evolving interdisciplinary framework that builds
upon theoretical and methodological contributions from multiple disciplines (ie …

One of the longstanding issues in language research has been the extent to which the
mechanisms underlying language acquisition are uniquely human. The primary goal of this …

To understand the nature of language learning, the factors that influence it, and the
mechanisms that govern it, it is crucial to study the very earliest stages of language learning …

At every age, individuals vary substantially in language abilities. This chapter focuses on
individual differences in language proficiency that are already evident in the second year of …

The goal of this chapter is to explore why exposure to language is important for language
learners, first from an ontogenetic perspective, and subsequently with respect to language …

A data-driven exploration of how children's language learning varies across different
languages, providing both a theoretical framework and reference. The Wordbank Project …