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- Title
Open Peer Commentary: Widening the field: The process of language acquisition.
- Authors
Bavin, Edith L.
- Abstract
Evans & Levinson (E&L) argue against Universal Grammar on the basis of language diversity. A related and fundamental issue is whether the language input provides sufficient information for a child to acquire it. I briefly discuss the more integrated approaches to language acquisition which focus on the mechanisms, and research showing that input cues provide valuable information for the language learner.
- Subjects
INTERPERSONAL communication in children; LANGUAGE acquisition; COMPARATIVE grammar; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 2009, Vol 32, Issue 5, p449
- ISSN
0140-525X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0140525X09990616