Language acquisition : core readings
(Book)

Includes bibliographical references and index. Language acquisitions -- Controversies in language acquisition -- Human maternal vocalizations to infants as biologically relevant signals : an evolutionary perspective -- Modularity and constraints in early lexical acquisition : evidence from children's early language and gesture -- Infant contributions to the achievement of joint reference -- Constraints children place on word meanings -- The structural sources of verb meanings -- Early word meanings : the case of object names -- The notion of source in language acquisition -- Affectedness and direct objects : the role of lexical semantics in the acquisition of verb argument structure -- Learning a semantic system : what role do cognitive predispositions play? -- Language acquisition in the absence of experience -- Language growth with experience without feedback -- On learning the past tenses of English verbs -- Rules of language -- Level-ordering in lexical development -- Beyond the input given : the child's role in the acquisition of language -- Maturational constraints on language learning -- Innate constraints and developmental change -- The instinct to learn.