The Oxford Handbook of Developmental Linguistics

Description

In this handbook, renowned scholars from a range of backgrounds provide a state of the art review of key developmental findings in language acquisition. The book places language acquisition phenomena in a richly linguistic and comparative context, highlighting the link between linguistic theory, language development, and theories of learning.

The book is divided into six parts. Parts I and II examine the acquisition of phonology and morphology respectively, with chapters covering topics such as phonotactics and syllable structure, prosodic phenomena, compound word formation, and processing continuous speech. Part III moves on to the acquisition of syntax, including argument structure, questions, mood alternations, and possessives. In Part IV, chapters consider semantic aspects of language acquisition, including the expression of genericity, quantification, and scalar implicature. Finally, Parts V and VI look at theories of learning and aspects of atypical language development respectively.

About the Editors

Jeffrey Lidz is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Maryland, having previously held positions at Northwestern University, the University of Pennsylvania, CNRS Paris, and the University of Delaware. His main research interests are in language acquisition, syntax, and psycholinguistics and his many publications include articles in Language Acquisition, Language Learning and Development, Language, Linguistic Inquiry, and Natural Language Semantics, as well as chapters in numerous edited volumes.

William Snyder is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Connecticut. His current research topics include argument structure (datives, resultatives, particles, path phrases), A- and A-bar movement (passives, reflexive-clitic constructions, P-stranding, comparatives), compound words, and syllable structure. A past editor of the journal Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, Snyder is author of Child Language: The Parametric Approach (OUP 2007).

Joe Pater is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Massachusetts. His work explores phonological theory and acquisition and has been published in journals including Phonology, Linguistic Inquiry, and Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. His current research focuses on the use of weighted constraints for the modelling of phonology and its learning.

Contributors:

Sergio Baauw, Utrecht University
Jessica A. Barlow, San Diego State University
Misha Becker, UNC Chapel Hill
Ann Bunger, Indiana University
Anne Christophe, CNRS Paris
Jill de Villiers, Smith College
Kamil Ud Deen, University of Hawaii
Daniel A. Dinnsen, Indiana University-Bloomington
Ewen Dunbar, ENS - CNRS - EHESS
Jennifer Ganger, University of Pittsburgh
Judith A. Gierut, Indiana University - Bloomington
Heather Goad, McGill University
Sharon Goldwater, University of Edinburgh
Takuya Goro, Tsuda College
Louise Goyet, University Paris 8
John Grinstead, The Ohio State University
Maria Teresa Guasti, University of Milan - Bicocca
Paul Hagstrom, Boston University
Jeffrey Heinz, University of Delaware
William Idsardi, University of Maryland
Gaja Jarosz, Yale University
Viktor Kharlamov, Florida Atlantic University
Susannah Kirby, UNC Chapel Hill
Jeffrey Lidz, University of Maryland
Theo Marinis, University of Reading
Séverine Millotte, CNRS Burgundy
Thierry Nazzi, CNRS Paris Descartes
Mitsuhiko Ora, University of Edinburgh
Anna Papafragou, University of Delaware
Joe Pater, University of Massachusetts
Lisa Pearl, University of California Irvine
Ana T. Pérez-Leroux, University of Toronto
Tom Roeper, University of Massachusetts
William Sakas, City University of New York
Dimitrios Skordos, College of William and Mary
William Snyder, University of Connecticut
Koji Sugisaki, Mie University
Kristen Syrett, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick
Anne-Michelle Tessier, University of Alberta
Rosalind Thornton, Macquarie University
Virginia Valian, Hunter College and CUNY Graduate Center
Angeliek van Hout, University of Groningen
Joshua Viau, Johns Hopkins University
Tania S. Zamuner, University of Ottawa
Andrea Zukowski, University of Maryland

Table of contents

Contributors
List ob Abbreviations
1: Introduction, Jeffrey Lidz, William Snyder, and Joe Pater
Part I: The Acquisition of Sound Systems
2: The Acquisition of Phonological Inventories, Ewen Dunbar and William Idsardi
3: Phonotactics and Syllable Structure in Infant Speech Perception, Tania S. Zamuner and Viktor Kharlamov
4: Phonological Processes in Children's Production: Convergence with and Divergence from Adult Grammars, Heather Goad
5: Prosodic Phenomena: Stress, Tone, and Intonation, Mitsuhiko Ota
Part II: The Acquisition of Morphology
6: Compound Word Formation, William Snyder
7: Morpho-phonological Acquisition, Anne-Michelle Tessier
8: Processing Continuous Speech in Infancy: From Major Prosodic Units to Isolated Word Forms, Louise Goyet, Séverine Millotte, Anne Christophe, and Thierry Nazzi
Part III: The Acquisition of Syntax
9: Argument Structure, Joshua Viau and Ann Bunger
10: Voice Alternations (Active, Passive, Middle), Maria Teresa Guasti
11: On the Acquisition of Prepositions and Particles, Koji Sugisaki
12: A-Movement in Language Development, Misha Becker and Susannah Kirby
13: The Acquisition of Complements, Jill de Villiers and Tom Roeper
14: Acquisition of Questions, Rosalind Thornton
15: Root Infinitives in Child Language and the Structure of the Clause, John Grinstead
16: Mood Alternations, Kamil Ud Deen
17: Null Subjects, Virginia Valian
18: Case and Agreement, Paul Hagstrom
19: Acquiring Possessives, Theodoros Marinis
Part IV: The Acquisition of Semantics
20: Acquisition of Comparative and Degree Constructions, Kristen Syrett
21: Quantification in Child Language, Jeffrey Lidz
22: The Acquisition of Binding and Coreference, Sergio Baauw
23: Logical Connectives, Takuya Goro
24: The Expression of Genericity in Child Language, Ana T. Pérez-Laroux
25: Lexical and Grammatical Aspect, Angeliek van Hout
26: Scalar Implicature, Anna Papafragou and Dimitrios Skordos
Part V: Theories of Learning
27: Computational Theories of Learning and Developmental Psycholinguistics, Jeffrey Heinz
28: Statistical Learning, Inductive Bias, and Bayesian Inference in Language Acquisition, Lisa Pearl and Sharon Goldwater
29: Computational Approaches to Parameter Setting in Generative Linguistics, William Gregory Sakas
30: Learning with Violable Constraints, Gaja Jarosz
Part VI: Atypical Populations
31: Language Development in Children with Developmental Disorders, Andrea Zukowski
32: The Genetics of Spoken Language, Jennifer Ganger
33: Phonological Disorders: Theoretical and Experimental Findings, Daniel A. Dinnsen, Jessica A. Barlow, and Judith A. Gierut
References
Index