Epistemological issue with keynote article “Different speakers, different grammars: Individual differences in native language attainment” by Ewa Dabrowska

[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 2:3] 2012. iv, 117 pp.

Publishing status: Available
Published online on 7 September 2012

© John Benjamins Publishing Company

https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.2.3

Table of Contents

Keynote epistemological article
Different speakers, different grammars: Individual differences in native language attainment Ewa Dąbrowska	219–253
Commentaries
Three perspectives on non-uniform linguistic attainment David Birdsong	255–259
Individual differences in native language attainment and their implications for research on second language acquisition Robert M. DeKeyser	260–263
Variable competence Nick C. Ellis	264–268
A lifespan perspective on individual differences in grammatical abilities Pamela A. Hadley and Matthew Rispoli	269–272
Different speakers but same Language Acquisition Device? Jan H. Hulstijn	273–276
Individual differences in native speakers and the broader picture: Socioeconomic status and neuroplasticity Eric Pakulak	277–280
Individual variation and constraints on language learning Colin Phillips	281–286
How linguistic performance may differ across speakers Eric J. Reuland	287–292
Empty myth-making Thomas Roeper	293–297
Why and how individual differences matter for linguistic theory and experimental research but not for UG Petra Schulz	298–303
We need an integrated, multiple-predictor model of native language proficiency Irina A. Sekerina	304–307
Individual differences in native speakers’ competence: Implications for learning mechanisms and first language acquisition Ludovica Serratrice	308–313
Individual differences in L1 achievement impact L2 learning Richard L. Sparks	314–318
The straight and narrow path Anne Vainikka and Martha Young-Scholten	319–323
Response to the commentaries
Explaining individual differences in linguistic proficiency Ewa Dąbrowska	324–335

Subjects

Linguistics

Cognition and language

Theoretical linguistics

Multilingualism

Psycholinguistics

Language acquisition

Psychology

Cognitive psychology