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

Understanding Second Language Acquisition is a thorough and careful synthesis of current
research in second language acquisition (SLA). While generally intended for students taking …

This book has two major themes: firstly, it discusses psycholinguistic and cognitive aspects
of language learning, and secondly, it looks at the contrast between universalist accounts of …

The human potential for language is based in human biology but makes requirements of the
social environment to be realized. This paper reports evidence regarding (1) the nature of …

Vygotsky is widely considered one of the most significant and influential psychologists of the
twentieth century. Nevertheless, true appreciation of his theories has been hindered by a …

This prospective longitudinal study examined the contribution of dimensions of maternal
responsiveness (descriptions, play, imitations) to the timing of five milestones in children's …

30 working‐class and 33 upper‐middle‐class mothers were videotaped in dyadic interaction
with their 18‐29‐month‐old children in 4 settings–mealtime, dressing, book reading, and toy …

Existing work on the acquisition of syntax has been concerned mainly with the early stages
of syntactic development. In the present study we examine later syntactic development in …

Despite the fact that most people become parents and everyone who has ever lived has had
parents, parenting remains a mystifying subject about which almost everyone has opinions …

A review of the literature on quantifying vocabulary richness gives the sense of a quest for
the Holy Grail–the search for a single, all-embracing, but elusive measure of the quality of …