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