Language Acquisition

This is a book on language acquisition.

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