This review article presents evidence for the claim that frequency effects are pervasive in
children's first language acquisition, and hence constitute a phenomenon that any …

This article revisits earlier proposals that language learning is, in essence, the learning of
formulaic sequences and their interpretations; that this occurs at all levels of granularity from …

It is one of the central claims of construction grammar that constructions are organized in
some kind of network, commonly referred to as the constructicon. In the classical model of …

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

This chapter introduces a cognitive-linguistic perspective on second language acquisition
(L2A). 1 Over the last 15 or so years, various aspects of L2 acquisition have been examined …

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 …

The general goal of research on grammar in cognitive linguistics is to develop a framework
for the analysis of linguistic structure that is grounded in general cognitive processes, ie …

There are, however, major debates as to what they bring to this language learning: do they
come with innate, specifically syntactic skills or, rather, with more general cognitive and …

Universal Grammar (UG) is a suspect concept. There is little agreement on what exactly is in
it; and the empirical evidence for it is very weak. This paper critically examines a variety of …

The general aim of this article is to discuss the application of Usage-Based Linguistics (UBL)
to an investigation of developmental issues in second language acquisition (SLA) …