Constructing a language : a usage-based theory of language acquisition
Tomasello, Michael2003
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The author presents a comprehensive usage-based theory of language acquisition, based on evidence that children possess a linguistic ability interwoven with other cognitive abilities, rather than a self-contained 'language instinct'.
Main title:
Constructing a language : a usage-based theory of language acquisition / Michael Tomasello.
Author:
Imprint:
Cambridge, Mass. London : Harvard University Press, 2003.
Collation:
viii, 388 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Bibliography: p. 331-371.Includes index.
ISBN:
9780674017641 (pbk)0674017641 (pbk)
Dewey class:
401.93 TOM401.93
LC class:
P118
Language:
English
BRN:
373993