Language acquisition and learnability / edited by Stefano Bertolo. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001. - viii, 247 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-243) and index.

1. A brief overview of learnability S. Bertolo; 2. Learnability and the acquisition of syntax M. Atkinson; 3. Language change and learnability I. Roberts; 4. Information theory, complexity and linguistic descriptions R. Clark; 5. The structural triggers learner W. G. Sakas and J. D. Fodor.

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Language acquisition.
Learning ability.
Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.
Linguistic change.
Language and languages--Variation.

P118 / .L2527 2001

401/.93 BER