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INVESTIGATIONS IN UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR: A GUIDE TO EXPERIMENTSON THE ACQUISITION OF SYNTAX.Stephen Crain and Rosalind Thornton.Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1998. Pp. xi + 342. US $55.00 cloth.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2000

Lynn Eubank
Lynn Eubank
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University of North Texas
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Abstract

Well known for their work in first language (L1) acquisition, Crain and Thornton (henceforth C&T) have produced with their Investigations in Universal Grammar a thorough review of the innovative experimental techniques they developed to investigate the acquisition of syntax. In this sense, the volume would appear to be a kind of research-methods book. The volume is a great deal more, however. Indeed, in the volume's three main sections (16, 8, and 16 chapters, respectively), C&T present examinations not only of the nature of human-language grammars but also of the factors that conspire to result in linguistic performance. What makes the C&T volume superior is that they integrate theoretical framework with methodological practice so seamlessly.

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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , March 2000 , pp. 136
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2000 Cambridge University Press

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