Language acquisition across linguistic and cognitive systems /
How and why do all children learn language? Why do some have difficulties while others are early language learners? What are the consequences of early bilingualism? Is it possible to reach native-like competence in a foreign language? Although we still cannot fully answer these questions, research d...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©2010.
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| Series: | Language acquisition & language disorders.
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Table of Contents:
- Language Acquisition across Linguistic and Cognitive Systems; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction: New perspectives in the study of first and second language acquisition; Part I. Emergence and dynamics of language acquisition and disorders; 1. A tale of two paradigms; 2. Dynamic systems methods in the study of language acquisition; 3. Early bootstrapping of syntactic acquisition; 4. Language acquisition in developmental disorders; Part II. First language acquisition: Universals and diversity; 5. Language development in a cross-linguistic context.