Heritage speakers are native speakers of a minority language they learn at home, but due to
socio-political pressure from the majority language spoken in their community, their heritage …

This authoritative 2003 textbook provides an overview and analysis of current second
language acquisition research conducted within the generative linguistic framework. Lydia …

Evidence of children's sensitivity to statistical features of their input in language acquisition is
often used to argue against learning mechanisms driven by innate knowledge. At the same …

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

It is a simple observation that children make mistakes when they learn a language. Yet, to
the trained eye, these mistakes are far from random; in fact, they closely resemble perfectly …

A critical clinical issue is the identification of a clinical marker, a linguistic form or principle
that can be shown to be characteristic of children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI) …

This paper argues that the traditional view of experience-dependent properties (learned
properties) of language as develo** late and non-experience-dependent properties as …

This book shows how the generative approach to linguistics may be used to understand how
languages change. Generative diachronic syntax has developed since the inception of the …

Traditionally, acquisition of syntactic knowledge and the development of sentence
comprehension behaviors have been treated as separate disciplines. This article reviews a …

The remarkable way in which young children acquire language has long fascinated linguists
and developmental psychologists alike. Language is a skill that we have essentially …