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Language acquisition

Here are entered works which discuss from the linguistic or psycholinguistic viewpoint the process of the acquisition of the native language in children. Works which discuss child language in general or within an educational framework, including general characteristics and usage, are entered under the heading Children -- Language.

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• Interpersonal communication in children
• Psycholinguistics
• Language and languages

• Language acquisition -- Congresses
• Language acquisition -- Data processing
• Language acquisition -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Language acquisition -- North America
• Language acquisition -- Parent participation
• Language acquisition -- Periodicals
• Language acquisition -- Research
• Language acquisition -- Study and teaching
• Interlanguage (Language learning)
• Language awareness in children
• Language transfer (Language learning)
• Second language acquisition

• Acquisition of language
• Developmental linguistics
• Developmental psycholinguistics
• Language and languages -- Acquisition
• Language development in children
• Psycholinguistics, Developmental

• Roots of Language (originally published 1981; this edition Berlin: Language Science Press, c2016), by Derek Bickerton (PDF with commentary at langsci-press.org)
• Phonology as Human Behavior: Theoretical Implications and Clinical Applications (Durham, NC and London: Duke University Press, 1997), by Y. Tobin (page images at HathiTrust)
• The acquisition of Spanish grammar by native Spanish speaking children (National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education, 1978), by Gustavo González and National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education (page images at HathiTrust)
• American children's acquisition of Spanish syntax in the Madrid environment (U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education. Institute of International Studies, 1970), by Daniel P. Dato (page images at HathiTrust)
• Psycho-social dynamics in second language acquisition : a case study of Vietnamese brothers (Evaluation, Dissemination and Assessment Center, California State University, Los Angeles, 1983), by Carolyn Kessler, Francesca Fasano, Joseph Heflin, and Calif.) Los Angeles Second Language Research Forum (4th : 1982 : Los Angeles (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Language acquisition processes in bilingual children (Evaluation, Dissemination and Assessment Center, California State University, Los Angeles, 1984), by Carolyn Kessler (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Language activities (University of Wisconsin--Extension, 1973), by Lois J. Bakawa and University of Wisconsin--Extension. Cooperative Extension Programs (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Children and metaphors (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Center for the Study of Reading ;, 1986), by Stella Vosniadou, National Institute of Education (U.S.), Beranek Bolt, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Center for the Study of Reading (page images at HathiTrust)
• Applying first-language skills to second-language comprehension : narrative comprehension by Spanish-English speakers (Evaluation, Dissemination and Assessment Center, California State University, Los Angeles, 1983), by Susan R. Goldman, Maria Reyes, and Connie Varnhagen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The development of language a paper read before the Canadian Institute, Toronto, April, 1888 (Copp, Clark, 1888), by Horatio Hale and Canadian Institute (1849-1914) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Child's vocabulary and its development (T︠S︡arska Pridvorna Pechatnit︠s︡a, 1911), by John R. Pelsma and Ivan A. Georgov (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Enseignement et philosophie (G. Mayolez, 1875), by G. Tiberghien (page images at HathiTrust)
• User's guide : ensuring quality and accountability through leadership (Department of Health & Human Service, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Head Start Bureau, 2000), by United States. Head Start Bureau and Head Start Information and Publication Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Discourse analysis and second language teaching (Center for Applied Linguistics, 1981), by Claire J. Kramsch, National Institute of Education (U.S.), Center for Applied Linguistics, and ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• Developmental trends in lexical decisions for abstract and concrete words (National Reading Research Center, 1993), by Paula J. Schwanenflugel and Carolyn Elizabeth Akin (page images at HathiTrust)
• A hierarchical model of the mental state verbs (National Reading Research Center, 1995), by James R. Booth and William S. Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Psychologie der Sprache (F. Deuticke, 1925), by Emil Fröschels, Ilka Wilheim, and Ottmar Dittrich (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Language in Use: Cognitive and Discourse Perspectives on Language and Language Learning (Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 2003; Washington: Georgetown University Press, c2005), ed. by Andrea Tyler, Mari Takada, Yiyoung Kim, and Diana Marinova (PDF at Georgetown)
• Strategic Interaction and Language Acquisition: Theory, Practice, and Research (Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 1993; Washington: Georgetown University Press, c1993), ed. by James E. Alatis, contrib. by Stephen D. Krashen, Catherine Snow, Anna Uhl Chamot, J. Michael O'Malley, Cecily O'Neill, Deryn P. Verity, Shōkō Okazaki, Catherine Doughty, Ruth M. Jackson, Joan Morley, Karin C. Ryding, Suzanne Flynn, Elahe Mir-Djalali, James P. Lantolf, Ahmed Mouakket, Traute Taeschner, Jo Ann Crandall, Ikuo Koike, Louis A. Arena, Irene Thompson, Frederick J. Bosco, William Frawley, Madeline Elizabeth Ehrman, Virginia Mayer, Earl W. Stevick, Christina Kakava, Nadine O'Connor Di Vito, Reinhold Freudenstein, Aoi Tsuda, Josep Maria Artigal, Phyllis J. Dragonas, Marcel Danesi, Frederick H. Jackson, H. Douglas Brown, Dieter Kastovsky, Masaki Oda, Rebecca L. Oxford, Jeanette S. DeCarrico, James R. Nattinger, Anita Wenden, Linda S. Rutledge, and Jill Robbins (PDF at Georgetown)
• Developmental Psycholinguistics: Theory and Applications (Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 1975; Washington: Georgetown University Press, c1975), ed. by Daniel P. Dato (PDF at Georgetown)
• Educational Linguistics, Crosscultural Communication, and Global Interdependence (Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 1994; Washington: Georgetown University Press, c1994), ed. by James E. Alatis (PDF at Georgetown)
• The neurological bases of language disorders in children : methods and directions for research (Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke ;, 1980), by Mary Ellen Doran-Quine, Christy L. Ludlow, and National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke (page images at HathiTrust)

• How Mobile Robots can Self-Organise a Vocabulary (Berlin: Language Science Press, c2015), by Paul Vogt
  • PDF wih commentary at langsci-press.org
  • PDF at OAPEN

• Jalan kepandaian : bagi kanak-kanak yang telah memulai belajar bahasa Melayu hingga boleh membaca, menulis, dan mengarang surat-surat Melayu dengan sempurnanya. (Cap Government Johor, 1885) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Teaching your child to talk : two to four years (University of Wisconsin--Extension, 1973), by Lois J. Bakawa and University of Wisconsin--Extension. Cooperative Extension Programs (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Teaching your child to talk : the first two years (University of Wisconsin--Extension, 1973), by Lois J. Bakawa and University of Wisconsin--Extension. Cooperative Extension Programs (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Ikala: Revista de Lenguaje y Cultura (in Portuguese, French, Spanish and English; 2016-) (partial serial archives)
• Teanga: The Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics (in English, Irish and Scottish Gaelic; 2018-) (partial serial archives)
• Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft (in English and German; 2017-) (partial serial archives)
• NOA (in Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish; 2011-) (partial serial archives)
• Zeitschrift für Interkulturellen Fremdsprachenunterricht (in English and German; 1996-) (partial serial archives)
• Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics (in English and French; 1998-) (partial serial archives)
• Studii si Cercetari Filologice: Seria Limbi Straine Aplicate (in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish; 2009-) (partial serial archives)
• Linguística (in Portuguese; 2006-) (partial serial archives)
• Linguarum Arena (in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish; 2010-) (partial serial archives)
• Revista Linguística (in Portuguese; 2005-) (partial serial archives)
• Revista Electrónica de Lingüística Aplicada (in English and Spanish; 2002-) (partial serial archives)
• Loquen (2020-) (partial serial archives)
• Journal of Second and Multiple Language Acquisition (2013-) (partial serial archives)
• Journal of Child Language Acquisition and Development (2013-) (partial serial archives)
• Sede de Ler (in Portuguese; 2010-) (partial serial archives)
• Studies in Self-Access Learning Journal (2010-) (partial serial archives)
• Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics (2018-) (partial serial archives)
• Languages (2016-) (partial serial archives)
• Indonesian EFL Journal (2015-) (partial serial archives)
• Journal of Portuguese Linguistics (2002-) (partial serial archives)
• Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition (2019-) (partial serial archives)
• Jurnal Japanedu: Pendidikan dan Pengajaran Bahasa Jepang (in Japanese, Indonesian and English; 2016-) (partial serial archives)
• Working Papers in Applied Linguistics and TESOL (2017-) (partial serial archives)
• Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL (2019-) (partial serial archives)
• Revista de la Societat d'Ensenyament i Recerca del Català com a Llengua Estrangera (in Catalan, Spanish, English and Italian; 2020-) (partial serial archives)
• Italiano a scuola (in English and Italian; 2019-) (partial serial archives)
• Frasa (2020-) (partial serial archives)

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