This article shows how language processing is intimately tuned to input frequency.
Examples are given of frequency effects in the processing of phonology, phonotactics …

Background: The assessment of pragmatics expressed in spoken language is a central
issue in the evaluation of children with communication impairments and related disorders. A …

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

Progress in psychological science can be limited by a number of factors, not least of which
are the starting assumptions of scientists themselves. We believe that some influential …

El desarrollo del lenguaje en el niño es un proceso complejo que se inicia al nacer y abarca
principalmente los seis primeros años de vida. Este volumen recoge una actualización de …

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

This book explores the nature and purposes of formulaic language, examining patterns
across research from the fields of discourse analysis, first language acquisition, language …

This volume provides a definitive view of the relationship between input, interaction, and
second language acquisition. In so doing, it should prove useful to those whose major …

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 …

" This book represents an integrative theory of cognitive development in infancy and early
childhood, emphasizing the important role that language plays in taking the 2-to 5-year-old …