Overview
Introductory material is in the Readings page.
Structure of Language
Material on this unit can be found in the readings page, where lecture notes are summarized.
Language Acquisition
The content of the powerpoint presentations can be found in the Readings page.
Child language acquisition may involve one or more languages,
just as can adult language acquisition, but the big difference
is that children are starting from no language knowledge and adults
aren't. Nonetheless, most people perceive their own and other
people's adult new language use to be imperfect and children's
new language use to be perfect ... eventually, and according to
the terms and standards of the community where they live.
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