Syntactic Development presents a broad critical survey of the research literature on child language development. Giving balanced coverage to both theoretical an

This text places the syntactic learning process under close scrutiny. Its focus is on the characteristics of linguistic input and the resultant output, which, i

First published in 1973, this important work was the first systematic attempt to apply theoretical and methodological tools developed in America to the acquisit

First published in 1981. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This book presents a general overview of our current knowledge of language development in children. All the principal strands of language development are covere