Theoretical Issues in Language Acquisition: Continuity and Change in Development (Hardcover, UK)

Contents: J. Weissenborn, H. Goodluck, T. Roeper, Introduction: Old and New Problems in the Study of Language Acquisition. S.W. Felix, Language Acquisition as a Maturational Process. H. Clahsen, Learnability Theory and the Problem of Development in Language Acquisition. R.J. Stevenson, Maturation and Learning: Linguistic Knowledge and Performance: A Commentary on Clahsen and Felix. J.H. Randall, The Catapult Hypothesis: An Approach to Unlearning. J. Pustejovsky, Principles versus Criteria: On Randall's Catapult Hypothesis. H. Goodluck, D. Behne, Development in Control and Extraction. C. Jones, Comments on Goodluck and Behne. T. Roeper, J. de Villiers, Ordered Decisions in the Acquisition of Wh-Questions. A. Radford, Comments on Roeper and de Villiers. N. Hyams, A Reanalysis of Null Subjects in Child Language. J. Weissenborn, Null Subjects in Early Grammars: Implications for Parameter-setting Theories. D. Lillo-Martin, Comments on Hyams and Weissenborn: On Licensing and Identification.