Language Acquisition

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Susan Foster-Cohen

      Pages 1-12

3. Explaining Language Acquisition

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. Word Learning and the Origins of Phonological Systems

      • Marilyn Vihman

      Pages 15-39

   3. Cracking the Language Code: Processing Strategies in First Language Acquisition

      • Ann M. Peters

      Pages 40-61

   4. The Inevitability of Child Directed Speech

      • Matthew Saxton

      Pages 62-86

   5. Universal Grammar Approaches to Language Acquisition

      • Maria Teresa Guasti

      Pages 87-108

   6. Second Language Acquisition

      • Susan Gass

      Pages 109-139

4. Windows on Language Acquisition

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141

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   2. Language and the Many Faces of Emotion

      • Judy S. Reilly

      Pages 143-168

   3. Complements Enable Representation of the Contents of False Beliefs: The Evolution of a Theory of Theory of Mind

      • Jill G. de Villiers, Peter A. de Villiers

      Pages 169-195

   4. Going Beyond Semantics: The Development of Pragmatic Enrichment

      • Nausicaa Pouscoulous, Ira A. Noveck

      Pages 196-215

   5. The Acquisition of Phrasal Vocabulary

      • Koenraad Kuiper, Georgie Columbus, Norbert Schmitt

      Pages 216-240

5. Language Acquisition, Culture and Linguistic Diversity

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 241-241

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   2. Language Development in Simultaneous Bilingual Children

      • Natascha Müller

      Pages 243-272

   3. Universals and Cross-Linguistic Variability in Children’s Discourse

      • Maya Hickmann

      Pages 273-293

   4. Trends in Research on Narrative Development

      • Ruth A. Berman

      Pages 294-318

   5. Family Literacy Activities: What is, What Ought to be and the Role of Parents’ Ideas

      • Stuart McNaughton, Meaola Amituanai-Toloa, ‘Ema Wolfgramm-Foliaki

      Pages 319-336

6. Back Matter

   Pages 337-338

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This book provides a snapshot of the field of language acquisition at the beginning of the 21st Century. It represents the multiplicity of approaches that characterize the field and provides a review of current topics and debates, as well as addressing some of the connections between sub-fields and possible future directions for research.

• evolution
• first language
• grammar
• language
• language acquisition
• literacy
• second language
• Second language acquisition
• semantics
• SLA

'...this book rises to the challenge of providing a broad overview of the field of language acquisition that will inform and inspire students and researchers alike.' Katherine Messenger, Linguistlist.org

• Christchurch, New Zealand

  Susan Foster-Cohen

MEAOLA AMITUANAI-TOLOA is Associate Director of the Woolf Fisher Research Centre, and Lecturer and Associate Dean Pasifika at The University of Auckland, New Zealand RUTH BERMAN is Professor Emeritus in Linguistics at Tel Aviv University, Israel GEORGIE COLUMBUS is a phraseologist working in corpus linguistics and psycholinguistics SUSAN GASS is University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University, USA MARIA TERESA GUASTI is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Milano Bicocca, Italy MAYA HICKMANN KOENRAAD KUIPER is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand STUART MCNAUGHTON NATASCHA MÜLLER is Professor of Romance linguistics (French, Italian, Spanish) at Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany IRA A. NOVECK is a research scientist at the Institut des Sciences Cognitives in Lyon, France ANN PETERS is Professor Emerita of Linguistics, University of Hawai'i at Manoa. NAUSICAA POUSCOULOUS JUDY REILLY MATTHEW SAXTON is Senior Lecturer in Psychology, the Institute of Education, University of London, UK NORBERT SCHMITT is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Nottingham, UK MARILYN VIHMAN is Professor of Language and Linguistic Science at the University of York, UK JILL DE VILLIERS PETER DE VILLIERS EMA WOLFGRAMM-FOLIAKI

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