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AN INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTIC THEORY AND LANGUAGEACQUISITION. Stephen Crain and Diane Lillo-Martin. Oxford: Blackwell,1999. Pp. xii + 424. $36.95 paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 September 2001

Rachel T. Anderson
Rachel T. Anderson
Affiliation:
Indiana University
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Abstract

This enjoyable, informative book would serve as an excellent introductory text in a beginning course on language acquisition or linguistics. The content is somewhat narrower than the title suggests: The book deals exclusively with L1 acquisition, and its focus is Chomskyan syntax and Universal Grammar, with a bit of semantics presented toward the end (i.e., phonology is not addressed). Most of the data is from English, though other languages are explored (e.g., French, Japanese), with three very interesting chapters on American Sign Language.

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Book Review
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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , September 2001 , pp. 440
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2001 Cambridge University Press

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