This is a book on language acquisition. Linguistics is a prerequisite.
Contents
- Introduction
Part I: Nature or Nurture?
- Animal Language
- Teaching Language to Animals
- Rationalism and Empricism
- Verbal Behaviour
- Chomsky's Critique
- Linguistic Nativism
- Competence and Performance
- Principles and Parameters
- Poverty of the Stimulus
- Language Acquisition Device
- Everett's Criticism
- Critical Period Hypothesis
- Feral Children
Part II: Aspects of First Language Acquisition
- Acquiring Phonetics
- Acquiring Phonology
- Acquiring Lexicon
- Acquiring Morphology
- Acquiring Syntax
- Acquiring Semantics
- Learning to Read
- Learning to Write
- Developmental Disorders
- Specific Language Impairment
Part III: Second Language Acquisition
- Chomskyan Approach
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