A new theoretical approach to language has emerged in the past 10–15 years that allows
linguistic observations about form–meaning pairings, known as 'constructions', to be stated …

Many developmental psycholinguists assume that young children have adult syntactic
competence, this assumption being operationalized in the use of adult-like grammars to …

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

Daylong at‐home audio recordings from 10 Tseltal Mayan children (0; 2–3; 0; Southern
Mexico) were analyzed for how often children engaged in verbal interaction with others and …

Syntactic complexity has been an area of significant interest in L2 writing development
studies over the past 45 years. Despite the regularity in which syntactic complexity measures …

Language demonstrates structure while also showing considerable variation at all levels:
languages differ from one another while still being shaped by the same principles; …

The present longitudinal study examines the role of caregiver speech in language
development, especially syntactic development, using 47 parent–child pairs of diverse SES …

In this groundbreaking book, Michael Tomasello presents a comprehensive usage-based
theory of language acquisition. Drawing together a vast body of empirical research in …

Bridging the gap between evolutionary theory and cultural psychology, Michael Tomasello
argues that the roots of the human capacity for symbol-based culture are based in a cluster …

Cognitive Linguistics argues that language is governed by general cognitive principles,
rather than by a special-purpose language module. This introductory textbook surveys the …