The Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics is a unique reference work for
students and teachers of linguistics. The highly regarded second edition of the Lexikon der …

In this book, the potential relationship between linguistic universals and second language
acquisition will be explored. In particular, we shall be con cerned with a principles and …

The new edition of a comprehensive introduction to a rapidly developing field, combining
developmental data with theory. How do children begin to use language? How does …

This is the first comprehensive book-length analysis of personal pronouns in present-day
English. Drawing on the Survey of English (SEU) corpus and the International Corpus of …

We report three experiments concerning English-speaking children's knowledge of locality
conditions in the binding of reflexives and pronouns (Principles A and B). The children …

The remarkable way in which young children acquire language has long fascinated linguists
and developmental psychologists alike. Language is a skill that we have essentially …

When I was in graduate school two decades ago, I spent several years taking what was
then, and probably still is now, a stränge concoction of courses. Half of each day I studied …

How children first acquire language is one of the central issues in linguistics. This book
draws on a wide range of research, including work in developmental psychology …

There is a widespread view concerning the acquisition of binding, which holds that young
children do not have knowledge of Principle B of the binding theory (BT)(see Lust (1986) for …

This study investigates the intrasentential assignment of reference to pronouns (him, her)
and anaphors (himself, herself) as characterized by Binding Theory in a subgroup of …