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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear all<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>With apologies for the shameless self-promotion, we (Ben Ambridge & Elena Lieven) would like to inform you that our new textbook (<i>Child Language Acquisition: Contrasting Theoretical Approaches</i>, Cambridge University Press) is out now (paperback/hardback/Kindle).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As the name implies, our aim in writing the book was to compare the competing theoretical accounts of all the major language-acquisition phenomena, in as even-handed and comprehensive a manner as possible. We therefore hope that this will be a useful textbook for course-leaders of <i>all</i> theoretical persuasions! If you teach a course on language acquisition, why not request a free inspection copy from Cambridge University Press? (links for inspection copies/purchase are below.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:14.25pt'><b>Table of Contents<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.75pt;line-height:14.25pt'>1. Introduction<br>2. Speech perception, segmentation and production<br>3. Learning word meanings<br>4. Theoretical approaches to grammar acquisition<br>5. Inflection<br>6. Simple syntax<br>7. Movement and complex syntax<br>8. Binding, quantification and control<br>9. Related debates and conclusions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='color:black'>Summary:</span></b><span style='color:black'> Is children's language acquisition based on innate linguistic structures or built from cognitive and communicative skills? This book summarises the major theoretical debates in all of the core domains of child language acquisition research (phonology, word-learning, inflectional morphology, syntax and binding) and includes a complete introduction to the two major contrasting theoretical approaches: generativist and constructivist. For each debate, the predictions of the competing accounts are closely and even-handedly evaluated against the empirical data. The result is an evidence-based review of the central issues in language acquisition research that will constitute a valuable resource for students, teachers, course-builders and researchers alike</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Cambridge University Press - to request a free inspection copy or purchase (though usually cheaper at Amazon)<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>UK: <a href="http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item5741469/?site_locale=en_GB">http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item5741469/?site_locale=en_GB</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>USA: <a href="http://www.cambridge.org/us/knowledge/isbn/item5741469/?site_locale=en_US">http://www.cambridge.org/us/knowledge/isbn/item5741469/?site_locale=en_US</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Elsewhere: <a href="http://www.cambridge.org/us/knowledge/location/">http://www.cambridge.org/us/knowledge/location/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Amazon<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>UK: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Child-Language-Acquisition-Contrasting-Theoretical/dp/0521745233/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1300707811&sr=8-1">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Child-Language-Acquisition-Contrasting-Theoretical/dp/0521745233/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1300707811&sr=8-1</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>USA: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Child-Language-Acquisition-Contrasting-Theoretical/dp/0521745233/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1300708318&sr=8-1">http://www.amazon.com/Child-Language-Acquisition-Contrasting-Theoretical/dp/0521745233/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1300708318&sr=8-1</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>
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