Child language acquisition : contrasting theoretical approaches /

"Is children's language acquisition based on innate linguistic structures or built from cognitive and communicative skills? This book summarises the major theoretical debates in all of the core domains of child language acquisition research (phonology, word-learning, inflectional morpholog...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ambridge, Ben, 1977-
Other Authors: Lieven, Elena V. M.
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=357448
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Speech perception, segmentation and production
  • 3. Learning word meanings
  • 4. Theoretical approaches to grammar acquisition
  • 5. Inflection
  • 6. Simple syntax
  • 7. Movement and complex syntax
  • 8. Binding, quantification and control
  • 9. Related debates and conclusions.