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Current Perspectives on Child Language Acquisition: How children use their environment to learn
Edited by Caroline F. Rowland, Anna L. Theakston, Ben Ambridge and Katherine E. Twomey
[Trends in Language Acquisition Research 27] 2020
► pp. 323–323

Index

A

  • abstraction 57, 63, 76, 92, 95, 110, 133, 134, 139, 144
  • accusative 94, 102–103, 105–106, 135–137, 142
  • ACQDIV database 253–255, 257
  • action 12, 14–15, 17, 24–25, 28–29, 31, 34–35, 47, 51–53, 55, 59, 63, 73–74, 116, 118, 122, 126, 136–137, 139, 145, 151, 158, 175–183, 185–187, 226, 291, 298, 300–301, 305–306, 308–309, 312, 314, 316, 320
  • adjective 51, 92, 104–106, 120, 249, 250, 259, 261, 279
  • adverbial clause 147–148
  • age of acquisition 43, 203
  • agent 18, 24, 51, 58, 63, 102, 105, 107, 143, 145, 153, 180, 196
  • agreement 5–6, 101, 104–106, 149, 224–226, 238, 243, 246, 251–252, 258
  • allomorphy 91, 93
  • analogy 94, 108, 110, 115, 130, 134, 149, 291
  • animacy 95, 123, 133–135, 144–151, 153
  • argument structure 57, 59, 62, 113, 120, 123, 125, 127, 128, 129, 130, 145, 152, 244, 258, 283, 290, 291, 314, 319
  • articles 67, 102–105, 107, 127, 255 ; See also determiners
  • artificial intelligence 43, 55, 59, 63, 84
  • Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) 4, 160, 194, 211, 287–289, 292, 294–321 ; See also autism
  • aspect 41, 68, 80, 100, 107, 165, 173, 175–176, 180, 197, 199, 253, 266, 268, 297
  • associationistSee associative learning
  • associative learning 14, 42, 45, 48, 50, 58, 61, 73, 81, 86, 305
  • associative visuomotor learning46
  • attention 4, 11–12, 14, 17–19, 21–22, 24–26, 29–37, 40, 44, 46, 49, 58–59, 62–64, 78, 82–83, 91–93, 95–96, 98, 99, 103–104, 109, 142, 143, 146–147, 173–186, 190, 196, 199–200, 202, 274–276, 289–290, 292–294, 297–302, 304–308, 312–314, 317–318, 320
    • shared attention 34, 174, 177, 178, 180, 200, 317
    • joint attention 17, 18–19, 22, 24–26, 29, 32–37, 40, 44, 46, 58, 62–64, 173–175, 177, 183–184, 186, 196, 290, 297–300, 302, 304–306, 308, 312–314, 318, 320
  • auditory features46
  • autism 4, 160, 194, 211, 287–289, 292, 294–321 ; See also ASD
  • autonomous learning systems43
  • auxiliary 92–93, 111, 134–136, 140–142, 154, 228, 229, 233, 237, 239, 242, 245

B

  • babble 26, 28, 30, 32, 47, 174, 185, 192, 217
  • biases 12, 14, 40, 48, 93, 96–97, 251, 255, 257, 274
  • bilingualism 4–5, 40, 42, 60–61, 80, 109, 195, 213–214, 217, 263–269, 271–285, 314, 319
    • sequential266
    • simultaneous266

C

  • Canberra Longitudinal Child Language Project (CLCL)204
  • Cantonese 160, 161, 168, 169, 218
  • caregiver 3, 11–13, 15–19, 22–24, 26–30, 32–33, 42, 45–46, 53, 60, 64, 67, 74, 81, 137, 139, 143, 155, 157–158, 166, 174–177, 179–183, 186, 195–197, 200, 212, 215, 269, 283, 308, 318
  • caregiver-speechSee child directed speech
  • case marking 3, 5, 7, 16, 22, 61, 66, 74, 91, 92, 93, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 112, 125, 126, 136, 143, 153, 154, 165, 166, 167, 178, 185, 201, 202, 205, 206, 209, 218, 219, 226, 233, 236, 237, 243, 248, 249, 251, 252, 255, 257, 259, 263, 266, 272, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 293, 294, 301, 308, 309, 319
  • caseSee case marking
  • Catalan 32, 225, 226, 265, 267, 268
  • categorisation 2, 6, 53, 58, 59, 63, 73, 74, 75, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 91, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 100, 101, 109, 112, 134, 178, 212, 249, 250, 257, 260, 265, 319
  • causation 113, 116, 118, 126, 127, 130
  • causative 2, 113, 114, 115, 116, 118, 121, 123, 126, 127, 128, 130, 151, 291
  • child directed speech 53, 69, 72–74, 79, 83, 88, 153, 164, 212, 218, 228–231, 238, 244, 253–257, 259–260, 262, 269, 271, 283–284, 296, 312, 318 ; See also infant directed speech
  • CHILDES (Child Language Data Exchange System) 69, 86, 155, 169, 222, 242, 255, 261
  • Chinese 101, 155, 160–161, 165–167, 169, 183, 235, 274
  • Chintang 6, 255, 256, 262
  • chunking 61, 71–72, 75–76, 79, 80, 84, 104, 106, 136, 141, 164–165, 167, 201, 234
  • classifiers249
  • closed class words55
  • co-occurrence statistics 42, 71, 73, 78, 88, 129
  • co-operation 12, 24, 36–37, 180, 212, 303, 308, 313, 315, 316, 320
  • code-switching 263, 266–267, 280
  • cognitive development 12–14, 35, 56, 61, 109, 153, 168–170, 201, 284, 318
  • cognitive gadgets 14, 33
  • collaboration 39, 56, 190, 258, 298, 301–304, 307, 320
  • commission errors106See also errors
  • communication 2, 6, 11, 12, 14, 16, 22–37, 40, 44–47, 56, 58–59, 60–62, 66, 73, 83, 91, 93, 95, 104–105, 107–108, 111, 113, 123, 126, 129, 135, 139, 143, 150, 159, 160, 161, 167, 173–198, 201, 204, 209–214, 241, 249, 260, 267–268, 281, 288, 290, 292, 295, 297, 307, 309, 311, 312, 314, 315, 316, 318, 319, 320
    • development of 3, 6, 11, 13, 56, 59, 66, 83, 111, 129, 150, 167, 173, 175, 181, 183, 184, 185, 204, 210, 213, 241, 281
  • communicative development 3, 6, 11, 13, 56, 59, 66, 83, 111, 129, 150, 167, 173, 175, 181, 183, 184, 185, 204, 210, 213, 241, 281
  • Communicative Development Inventories 204, 206, 210, 269, 280
  • communicative environment 189, 191, 193, 195, 196, 201, 209
  • communicative function 123, 143
  • communicative intent 23, 29, 31, 40, 45, 107, 108, 135, 180, 182, 267
  • Competing Sources of Input account239
  • complement clause 3, 138, 147–148, 158–170
  • comprehension 19, 21, 55, 72, 88–89, 123, 132, 135, 144, 145, 147–152, 159, 198, 208, 210, 212–219, 270, 273, 277, 280, 284, 315
  • computational modelling 5–6, 28, 39, 41–46, 48, 52–58, 62–63, 71–72, 75, 77, 81, 85–87, 92, 97, 102, 108, 111, 113, 117, 128–129, 136, 141, 147, 150, 180, 196, 201–208, 211–212, 215, 228–230, 233–242, 244–246, 252, 277, 293, 318, 319
  • concepts 40, 43–44, 51–54, 56–58, 63, 67, 91, 93–94, 96–101, 104, 107, 111, 153, 203, 206–207, 249, 261, 276, 289, 298, 300, 302, 304, 306–307
  • connectionism 42–43, 45, 48, 54, 58, 84, 204, 293, 319
  • construction grammar 59, 99, 109, 130, 132, 151, 152, 264 ; See also constructions
  • constructions 2, 5, 7, 54–55, 57, 59, 67, 74–75, 83, 93, 95, 99, 102–103, 105–107, 109–110, 112–123, 126–139, 141–142, 144–155, 159–168, 170, 192, 197, 227–228, 230–231, 237, 254, 259, 264, 278–279, 284, 288, 291–292, 305, 309, 312, 314, 317 ; See also construction grammar
  • constructivism 86, 96, 102–103, 108, 129, 131–132, 134–135, 139, 141–144, 147, 243
  • contingent talk 14–15, 29, 30, 35, 109, 175–176, 186, 196, 262, 297, 309, 318
  • conversation 1, 5, 6, 11, 14, 25, 29, 34, 36, 66, 92, 111, 158, 159, 164, 165, 169, 211, 289, 295, 298, 301, 306, 307, 309, 311
  • cross-cultural variation 16, 37, 95, 173, 248, 257, 305
  • cross-linguistic priming 278, 279, 280
  • cross-situational learning 62, 73–74, 85, 87, 88, 89, 261
  • cross-linguistic: research 4–6, 34, 59, 60–61, 77, 87, 95, 98, 101, 108, 111, 112, 130, 152, 155, 160, 167, 185, 210, 211, 216, 221, 223, 225, 228, 229–230, 234–237, 239, 240–243, 245, 247, 248–249, 255, 257, 260, 361, 263, 268, 274, 276–284, 293, 294n1, 313, 316
    • differences 87, 155, 160, 210, 228, 242
    • similarities98
    • variation 4, 95
  • cues 12–14, 19, 24–25, 29, 37, 41, 43, 49, 61, 77–82, 84–89, 93, 99, 100, 102–103, 106, 108, 131–132, 145, 147–150, 153, 261, 305–306, 312, 316
  • culture 1, 2–3, 6, 11–12, 16, 19, 33–34, 36, 92, 95, 173, 182, 184–186, 190, 247, 259, 261, 321
  • curiosity-driven learning 46–47, 74

D

  • dative construction 102–106, 117, 119, 120, 123, 125, 127, 130, 146, 151, 278, 284
  • deaf children 34, 157, 169
  • declaratives 22–23, 25–27, 31, 59, 134, 136–137, 140–141, 152, 174, 177–180, 182, 184, 234, 235, 240, 241, 245, 299, 313, 317
  • demonstratives 104, 106
  • determiners 99, 102, 104–107, 110, 224, 296, 297, 319 ; See also articles
  • developmental cascades 189, 193, 197, 200, 217
  • DLD 4, 150, 194, 199, 212–213, 218, 221, 223, 225, 239–240, 245, 264, 287, 289, 292–294, 296 307, 310, 312–313, 315, 318, 321
  • developmental language disorder 4, 150, 194, 199, 212–213, 218, 221, 223, 225, 239–240, 245, 264, 287, 289, 292–294, 296 307, 310, 312–313, 315, 318, 321
  • developmental roboticsSee robotics
  • diary study 2, 23, 113–114, 120, 122–127, 141, 266–267
  • disambiguation 48, 80, 83, 87, 274, 275, 280
  • distributional accountSee distributional learning
  • distributional learning 42, 51, 53, 56, 65, 66, 69, 80–81, 93, 116, 127, 144, 164, 210, 226, 232, 242, 253–254, 257, 260
  • ditransitive 133–134
  • domain-general learning 40, 44, 47, 85, 199, 204, 217, 274, 275, 276
  • domain-general mechanismsSee domain-general learning
  • Dutch 84, 164, 183, 213, 224–234, 236–237, 241–242, 244–246
  • dynamic approach174
  • dynamic neural field models42

E

  • embodiment 43, 47–48, 50–51, 53–56, 58, 60–63
  • emergentist 85, 107, 191, 204, 206, 208
  • empiricism 65, 66, 68
  • English 4–7, 17, 19, 39, 58, 62, 69, 77, 79–81, 84–87, 89, 92, 98, 100, 102, 105, 108–112, 114, 120, 126, 129–131, 133, 135–136, 138, 140–143, 146–148, 151–55, 160–164, 166–168, 191–192, 195–196, 204, 206, 210, 213, 217–218, 222–225, 228–230, 232–246, 248, 250, 255, 260, 262–268, 272–274, 278–279, 281–285, 292–293, 305, 317–319
  • entrenchment 57, 115–118, 120–123, 127, 129, 272
  • environment 1, 11–12, 14, 30, 40–43, 46–47, 53, 65, 68, 73, 75–78, 80–82, 85, 87, 97, 123, 142, 173, 175–177, 180, 189, 190–191, 193–197, 199, 201, 209, 235, 265, 267–270, 272–273, 296, 311
  • errors 2–4, 6, 47, 54, 57, 59, 87, 100–101, 105–106, 108, 113–115, 118, 120–126, 128–132, 135–144, 149–154, 196, 205, 221–246, 258, 292, 302, 313, 315, 319
    • of commission106
    • of omission 6, 100–101, 106, 110, 135–136, 138, 146, 152–153, 228, 229
    • optional infinitive 3, 59, 152, 221, 224–242, 244–246, 313
    • overgeneralisation 2, 54, 57, 100–101, 108, 113–114, 118, 120–129, 151, 258
    • verb marking 4, 101, 110, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 238, 239, 240, 242, 243, 246, 276
  • eventive verbs 226–227, 232–233
  • Eventivity Constraint 232–233, 244–245
  • executive function 150, 168, 219, 315
  • exemplar 108, 113, 128–129, 149–150, 191, 211, 291

F

  • false belief 148, 156–163, 165–170, 206, 309, 316
  • feedback 45–46, 49, 130, 185
  • finite forms 159, 221, 224–240, 242, 244–246
  • finite verbsSee finite forms
  • form-function mapping 93, 96, 99, 101, 131–135, 137–139, 143–146, 149–150, 267–269
  • form-meaning mappingSee form-function mapping
  • formal grammar 2–3, 93, 96–97, 99, 102, 104, 107, 153, 190–191, 196, 265, 295
  • French 71, 76, 84, 213, 223, 225–226, 236, 241–242, 245, 255, 265, 273, 278–279, 281–282
  • frequency 2–3, 7, 12, 19, 27, 42–43, 57, 61, 81, 86, 106, 120–123, 129, 134, 138, 140–142, 144, 147–148, 151, 158, 164, 178–179, 183, 203, 211, 225–226, 238–239, 243, 246, 287, 288, 291–294, 305, 307, 316, 318
  • frequency-based distributional learningSee distributional learning
  • frequent frames 74, 86, 88, 257, 261
  • function words 55, 58, 192, 297

G

  • gaze 18–19, 25, 27–29, 31–33, 36, 40–41, 44–46, 57, 62, 64, 78, 83, 175, 177, 183, 187, 270, 299, 302, 305–306, 311, 313, 316
    • gaze following 18, 40–41, 44–46, 57, 64, 83, 187, 306, 313
  • gaze followingSee under gaze
  • grammatical gender 99–100, 102–103, 105–106, 112, 144, 148, 215
  • generalisation 53, 62, 66, 84, 91, 94–95, 99, 101, 105, 107–108, 114, 123, 130, 137, 191, 247, 250, 261, 291, 321
  • generativist 67, 191, 196, 221, 226–227, 229, 232, 234–235, 240, 243
  • German 2, 5, 19, 57, 80, 86–88, 91–92, 99–106, 108–112, 138, 146, 148, 150–151, 155, 159, 160–164, 166–169, 213, 223–227, 229–234, 236, 241–246, 250, 255, 258–259, 260, 262, 293, 313, 317
  • gesture 3, 11, 16–17, 21–23, 25–32, 51, 62, 78, 80, 173–175, 177–179, 181–189, 198, 200, 215–217, 265, 269, 290, 297, 316
    • hold out gesture 5, 179, 184
  • grammar 2, 6, 54, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 67, 68, 73, 74, 76, 79, 83, 85–88, 91, 92–93, 96, 99, 100, 102–104, 106–109, 111–114, 116–117, 120, 123, 126–128, 130–135, 137–139, 141, 143–145, 148–154, 157–159, 162, 168–169, 190–192, 199, 211, 213–214, 218–219, 221, 224, 226–227, 235–237, 240, 241–243, 252, 260–261, 263–264, 266–267, 269, 278, 279, 287, 296, 315, 317, 320
  • grammatical category 2, 67, 73, 74, 76, 79, 85–86, 88, 91, 93, 96, 100, 103, 108, 260–261
  • grammatical development 6, 54, 153, 263, 267, 317
  • grammatical relations 92, 103
  • grammaticality judgement study119
  • Gricean principles 23, 31, 33, 35, 253

H

  • Hebrew225
  • heritage language 265, 266
  • hierarchical structure 53, 79
  • holistic phrases192
  • humanoid robots. See robotics

I

  • iconicity 21, 147, 148, 152, 179
  • iCubSee robotics
  • imageability43
  • imitation 14, 33, 35, 37, 141, 181, 302, 313, 314
  • independent culture, (not found)
  • individual differences 3, 6, 35, 95, 109, 110, 111, 152, 153, 174, 185, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 198, 200, 201, 202, 204, 209, 210, 211, 213, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 221, 270, 271, 275, 283, 310, 315
  • infant directed speech 13, 14, 19, 20, 29, 35, 36, 37, 78, 84, 259 ; See also child directed speech
  • infinitival-to 135, 138, 153
  • inflection 92–93, 95, 99, 101–102, 108–109, 154, 223–225, 240–241, 293
  • information structure 102, 131, 132, 135, 144, 146, 147, 149, 152
  • innate knowledge 40, 44, 48, 51, 53, 66, 68, 91, 190
  • innate rules 51, 93
  • input 2–7, 34, 39, 40–43, 45, 48, 52–56, 60–61, 65, 67–69, 71–72, 77–78, 80–82, 91, 93, 95, 100, 102, 104, 106–107, 111, 114, 128, 131–132, 134–145, 147–149, 152–154, 168–169, 185, 191, 193, 195–197, 200–201, 204, 209, 212–217, 219, 221–222, 226–242, 244–247, 253–258, 260–261, 263, 265–269, 271–273, 279–284, 287–294, 296–297, 308, 310, 311, 315–316
  • intention 1, 23–26, 29–31, 34, 45–46, 49, 92, 95, 107–108, 134, 145, 179, 180–182, 184–185, 207, 287–288, 290, 295, 297–310, 315, 319, 320, 321
  • intention reading 92, 95
  • intentional communication 1, 22–28, 30–32, 45, 48–49, 92, 95, 107–108, 134–135, 179–180, 184, 207, 267, 301–302, 315, 319
  • interaction 1, 3, 6, 13–16, 18, 20, 22, 24–25, 28–30, 34, 36–37, 42–43, 46–47, 50, 53, 55, 59, 61–63, 77, 82, 86, 91–92, 98, 103, 106, 111, 123, 130, 134, 141–142, 144, 147, 149, 152, 155–156, 158, 160, 162, 167, 173–177, 179, 181–185, 191, 197, 201, 214, 216, 226–227, 229, 231, 249, 260, 263, 267–268, 276, 282–283, 295, 299, 302–303, 305, 309, 316, 318–319, 321
    • mother-infant47
    • triadic 18, 173, 175, 177, 181, 185, 298
  • interactive specialisation12
  • interindividual variationSee individual differences
  • interrogativeSee questions
  • intersubjectivity 15, 36, 37, 170, 180, 181, 185, 187
  • intonation 36, 84, 102, 179, 180
  • intransitive 116–118, 120–123, 129, 134, 145, 153
  • IQ 205, 295–296, 298, 302
  • Italian 19, 22, 34, 86, 111, 150, 224–226, 229, 244, 263, 266, 278–279, 284, 293
  • item-specific patterns 92, 106, 255–256, 257, 291

J

  • Japanese 19, 58, 255, 261, 285
  • joint attention 17, 18–19, 22, 24–26, 29, 32–37, 40, 44, 46, 58, 62–64, 173–175, 177, 183–184, 186, 196, 290, 297–300, 302, 304–306, 308, 312–314, 318, 320 ; See also shared attention
  • joint engagement 177, 269, 310
  • juxtaposition140

L

  • label-object mappings48
  • language exposure 74, 197, 214, 267–269, 272–273, 276, 282–283, 314
  • language growth 193, 196, 200, 210, 215
  • language mixing 266–267, 280
  • language processing 61, 85, 108, 149–150, 190, 204, 213, 219, 242, 270, 281
  • learning mechanisms 41, 42, 74, 80, 93, 95, 147, 189, 191, 193, 194, 198, 273, 274, 276, 289, 292, 297, 311
  • lexical development 42, 55, 61, 186, 202, 292 ; See also vocabulary
  • lexical diversity 139, 195, 196, 296
  • lexical processing 60, 189, 199, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 213, 216, 270, 271, 272, 273, 279, 282
  • lexical recognition 270, 271, 272
  • lexically-based rules132
  • linguistic experience 275, 282
  • listening while looking paradigmSee looking while listening paradigm
  • locative construction 104, 117, 119, 120, 123, 125, 129
  • longitudinal study 22–23, 32, 35, 83, 158, 160, 162–163, 168, 170, 177, 185, 204, 206, 209, 213–214, 218, 243, 251–254, 259–260, 262, 273, 275–276, 282, 284, 307, 310
  • looking while listening paradigm 202, 204–205, 207, 209–210, 270–274

M

  • Mandarin 160–161, 166–169, 235, 267
  • mapping 48–49, 52, 55, 60, 62, 73, 76, 78, 87–88, 93, 99, 101, 109, 131–135, 137–139, 143–146, 149–150, 267–268, 274–276, 282, 290–293, 304
  • maximum diversity 247, 251–254, 258
  • Mean length of utterance 196, 223, 228–231, 237, 293
  • meaning 2, 13, 17, 21, 23, 29–31, 33, 45, 49, 51–53, 55–56, 59–62, 67, 70, 74, 76, 78, 85–86, 92, 97–99, 107, 109, 112–115, 120, 123, 126, 128, 131–135, 137–141, 143–150, 167, 181–183, 187, 191, 202, 219, 253, 268, 274–275, 283, 290–293, 304–305, 308, 318
  • mental-state verb 135, 148, 155, 158, 169
  • meta-analysis 57, 69, 83, 116–117, 129, 169–170, 184, 198, 212, 277, 282, 293, 296, 303, 306, 313–314, 316, 318, 320, 321
  • metacognitive ability48
  • metalinguistic skills196
  • MLU 196, 223, 228–229, 230–231, 237, 293
  • Modal Reference Effect 232–233, 244–245
  • modal structures 226–227, 229, 233
  • modality 17, 48–49, 52, 56, 80, 100
  • model, computational: 5–6, 28, 39, 41–46, 48, 52–58, 62–63, 71–72, 75, 77, 81, 85–87, 92, 97, 102, 108, 111, 113, 117, 128–129, 136, 141, 147, 150, 180, 196, 201–208, 211–212, 215, 228–230, 233–242, 244–246, 252, 277, 293, 318, 319
  • modularity 34, 110, 289
  • module 31, 52, 54, 317
  • monolingualism 4, 191, 263–265, 267–269, 271–277, 280, 282, 284
  • morpheme 72, 85, 92, 95, 99, 223, 232, 252, 255, 257, 294n1
  • morphology 5, 46, 72, 76, 91, 100–102, 105–106, 108, 111, 213, 241, 243, 250–252, 255, 259, 260–261, 268, 296, 314, 317, 319–321
  • morphosyntax 2, 86, 91, 99, 102, 189, 192, 196, 198, 241–243, 277, 287–295, 304, 307–308, 310
  • MOSAIC 72, 76, 84, 228–231, 233–239, 241, 244–245
  • mother-infant interactions47
  • motor babbling47
  • motor skills175
  • multi-modal environment 54, 190
  • multilingualism 4, 191, 281, 285
  • multiword utterances 86, 131–132, 139, 142, 192
  • mutual exclusivity 50, 73, 76, 274, 276, 279, 280, 282–283

N

  • nativist 14, 31, 40–41, 44, 48, 51, 53, 66–68, 73–74, 91, 93, 96–97, 107, 190, 194, 247, 289, 292–294, 307
  • natural pedagogy 14, 32, 58
  • nature-nurture debate 195, 257
  • negation 19, 26, 28, 57, 113–114, 116, 129–130, 140–143, 151, 241–242, 267, 296
  • neighbourhood 203, 208–209, 242
  • neural network 52, 71 ; See also computational model
  • neuron 14, 48, 314
  • Nicaraguan Sign Language 157, 169
  • no-negative evidence problem114
  • nominative 6, 94, 102–105, 107, 135–137, 142
  • non-finite forms 3, 59, 72, 152, 217, 221, 224–233, 236–238, 240–245, 313
  • non-word 70, 199, 200
  • noun 5, 6, 31, 44, 48, 51–53, 59, 62, 67, 73–74, 79, 83, 87, 94–95, 100–104, 106–107, 109–112, 132–135, 137–139, 142, 144–147, 154, 210, 249–251, 257, 278–279, 293
  • noun learning 44, 48
  • null modal hypothesis228
  • number 40, 49, 51, 53, 55, 72, 74, 81, 92–93, 95–97, 100–101, 104–106, 108, 110, 112, 138, 142–143, 148, 150, 155, 157–158, 162, 166, 174, 178, 180, 192, 195–196, 198, 208, 210, 224–226, 231, 233, 235, 238–239, 240, 245, 248–249, 251–252, 254–255, 265–267, 274, 279, 283, 297, 305, 308

O

  • object 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 26, 42–43, 47–49, 52–53, 60–62, 73, 78, 83, 85, 88, 101–102, 105, 110, 114, 116, 127, 135, 139, 145–146, 148, 152, 158, 161, 163, 166, 169, 175–176, 177–181, 185, 274–275, 278, 291, 298–299, 305
  • object recognition52
  • omission errors 6, 100, 101, 106, 110, 135, 136, 138, 146, 152, 153, 228, 229 ; See also errors
  • one-to-one mappings276
  • optional infinitive errors 3, 59, 152, 221, 224–242, 244–246, 313 ; See also errors
  • optional infinitive stage 224–225, 227, 229, 234–236, 238
  • overgeneralisation errors 2, 54, 57, 100–101, 108, 113–114, 118, 120–129, 151, 258 ; See also errors

P

  • parameter setting model235
  • parts of speech 249–250, 257, 259
  • passive 1, 54, 57, 80, 96, 118, 150, 177, 192, 196–197, 213, 218, 278, 283, 291–292, 305, 313
  • pattern recognition92
  • periphrastic-causative 113, 121
  • perlocutionary stage22
  • person marking136
  • phonological acquisition40
  • phonology 40, 75–76, 79, 85, 87, 99, 100, 128, 133, 185, 199–200, 208–210, 212–214, 216, 249, 259, 267, 270, 283, 294, 304, 306–307
  • plural 91, 93–94, 99–103, 106, 108–110, 121, 130, 144, 226, 250–251, 258–260, 293, 318–319
  • pointing 2, 4–5, 14, 16, 22–28, 30–31, 33–36, 48, 56, 63, 76, 83, 86, 95, 113, 118, 126, 134, 142, 151, 158, 176–186, 192, 197–198, 200, 206–208, 212, 216–217, 222, 230, 232, 235, 237–238, 248, 255, 264, 287, 291, 295–296, 299–300, 302, 305, 312, 316
  • Portuguese 226, 238, 243
  • possessive 104–105
  • pragmatics 4, 6, 16, 20–21, 24, 26, 29–32, 34–35, 86, 93, 101–102, 110, 131–132, 135, 141, 143–145, 147–150, 152–153, 184, 253, 259, 263, 268, 275–277, 282, 284, 287–289, 295, 298, 304–310, 314, 320
  • precursors 19, 30, 44, 46, 100, 179, 199
  • prediction 46–47, 62, 140, 147, 225, 236, 272, 292, 294n1
  • preemption 57, 115–118, 120–123, 127, 129
  • preferential looking 202, 274
  • preferred argument structure145
  • prelinguistic communication 3, 27–28, 32, 33, 96, 173–175, 177–179, 181–183, 185–186, 318
  • preposition 51, 100, 104–106
  • primitives 47, 52, 59, 61, 96–97, 298
  • processing speedSee speed of processing
  • pro-drop languages226
  • production 5, 22, 24, 28, 32, 52–53, 55, 67, 72, 74–75, 76, 79–81, 86, 101, 104, 114, 123, 129, 131–132, 135–136, 140, 142, 144, 147, 149, 151, 153–154, 165, 176, 178–179, 181–182, 192, 198, 208, 212, 214, 216–217, 223–226, 228–229, 233, 240–243, 255, 277, 280, 282, 293, 298, 318
  • pronomial 93, 143, 147–148
  • pronoun 67, 93, 102, 104–105, 135–137, 142–144, 146–147, 153–154, 278, 279, 284
  • prosody 19, 20, 27, 32, 37, 77–81, 83–85, 87–99, 103, 105–106, 261
  • proto-declarative 22, 27, 177–180
  • proto-imperative 22, 27, 177–178, 180
  • prototype 94, 110, 112, 128, 291–292

Q

  • questions 3, 11, 21–22, 24, 41–42, 51, 53, 55, 59, 68, 73, 89, 91–93, 96, 102–103, 105, 107, 114–116, 131–132, 134–136, 139–143, 146, 151–154, 156, 162–163, 165, 180, 200, 207, 209, 227, 233–237, 239–241, 245, 247, 251, 253, 257–258, 264, 277, 284, 287–288, 294, 301, 305, 309, 313, 319

R

  • radical exemplar theory128
  • realis 159, 160, 161, 163
  • receptive vocabulary 198, 266–267, 271, 273 ; See also vocabulary
  • recipient 20, 51, 146
  • referent 21, 23, 25–26, 40–41, 48, 51–52, 54–55, 60–63, 73, 74, 76, 78, 81, 82, 86, 87, 88, 89, 102, 133, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 270, 275
  • referential intention 23, 48–49, 319
  • referential language183
  • reinforcement learning 47, 62
  • relative clause 80, 84, 134, 147–148, 150–153, 192, 219
  • repair 26, 253
  • representations 25, 41, 43, 46, 49, 51–53, 55, 56, 72, 75–76, 91, 93, 95–97, 106, 128, 134, 138–139, 142, 144–147, 149, 153, 158–159, 163, 190, 201, 208, 212, 245, 263, 268, 270, 276–280, 282, 284, 288–289
  • retention 48, 50, 60, 275, 276, 282
  • ritualisation181
  • robotics 2, 39–63 ; See also developmental robotics
  • roles 3, 54–55, 99, 102, 105, 109, 135, 146, 168, 196, 290, 298–299, 302–303
    • thematic 51, 107

S

  • sampling 4, 206, 247–248, 251–252, 254, 258
  • scaffolding 45, 85, 176
  • schemas 33, 54, 100, 104–105, 134, 135, 137–141, 144, 151, 154, 192, 257, 260, 291–292
  • schematisation, See schemas
  • segmentation 69, 70–72, 74, 76–79, 81, 83–88, 103, 198, 214, 216, 253–254, 260, 271–272, 284, 290
  • semantic bootstrapping51
  • sensorimotor 52, 53, 60, 62, 185
  • shared attention 34, 174, 177–178, 180, 200, 317 ; See also joint attention
  • short-term memory 52, 199, 200, 213
  • shyness 40, 59, 60
  • sign language 29, 157, 169
  • social cognition 3, 32, 35, 58, 153, 155, 180–181, 184, 297, 303
  • social interactionist approach175
  • Spanish 112, 195, 210, 214–215, 224–226, 229–231, 234, 235–236, 238, 241–246, 265–268, 272–273, 278–279, 281–283, 315
  • spatial cognition98
  • speech act177
  • speech perception 37, 86, 196, 200, 213, 218
  • speed of processing 189, 197–198, 201–209, 213, 215–216, 268–273, 279, 281–282, 315
  • statistical learning 2, 65–71, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 85, 87–88, 134, 194, 199, 213, 215, 218, 219, 261, 287–288, 290–292, 294–296, 304, 306–308, 310, 315, 318–320
  • stative verbs 226–227, 232–233, 245, 246
  • still-face paradigm 15, 19
  • stress 77, 79, 81, 84–85, 89, 92, 103, 194, 257
  • structural priming 146, 281–284
  • subject 3, 69, 93, 101–102, 105–106, 110, 114, 116, 134–135, 137, 139, 143–148, 150–152, 154, 161–164, 191, 198, 224–226, 233–234, 241, 243, 245, 267, 272, 278, 283, 291
  • subordinate clause 53, 155, 159, 164–165
  • superimposition140
  • Swedish 223, 225–226, 242–243, 255
  • syllable 69, 70–71, 77, 81, 293
  • syntactic bootstrapping 51, 59
  • syntactic priming 277–284
  • syntactic relation 93, 102
  • syntax 3, 5–7, 39–40, 42, 44, 51, 54–56, 58–59, 62, 68, 74–76, 79–81, 83, 85–88, 91, 93, 99, 101–102, 105–106, 108–110, 112, 123, 132–134, 136, 146, 151, 153–155, 158–160, 163, 165, 167–168, 170, 191, 196, 199, 211, 214–215, 217, 241–242, 244, 250, 252, 259, 260, 263, 268, 276–285, 287–297, 304, 305, 307, 308, 310, 315, 317, 319
    • acquisition of 40, 44, 54, 74, 199, 292–293, 305
    • categories 132, 154, 297, 319
    • representations 263, 268, 276–280, 282
  • syntax acquisition 40, 44, 54, 74, 199, 292–293, 305

T

  • tense 6, 19, 99–100, 130, 133, 152–153, 166, 222–224, 226, 231, 235–240, 242–244, 248, 292–293, 319, 321
    • tense marking 235–237
  • tense-marking 235–237
  • thematic role 51, 107; See also roles
  • theory of mind 13, 155–156, 158, 162, 168–170, 181, 206, 219, 309, 311, 315, 320
  • traceback theory2
  • training study 17, 158, 169, 217
  • transitional probabilities 69, 70–71, 76–77, 254
  • transitive 2, 5, 7, 93, 96, 110, 113–118, 120–123, 126–129, 134–135, 139, 144–147, 150–152, 154, 284, 291–292
  • translation equivalents 274, 275–276, 280, 282
  • triadic interaction 18, 173, 175, 177, 181, 185, 298 ; See also joint attention
  • turn taking 15, 31–32, 46, 47, 59, 61, 175, 253, 301
  • typology 112, 248, 258–260, 262

U

  • un-prefixation 117, 119–120
  • Universal Checking Constraint 224–226, 230, 232, 234, 236–237, 239
  • Universal Grammar 190, 219
  • universals 57, 112, 130, 185, 253–254, 259, 321
  • usage-based approach 1–6, 36, 39, 54, 61, 63, 65, 74, 86, 91–97, 103, 106–107, 111–112, 151, 191, 216, 218, 287–295, 297–298, 304–308, 310–311, 317, 320
  • utterance-final bias 229–231, 238, 244

V

  • variation 1, 3–4, 69, 71, 77, 79, 81–82, 95, 99, 101, 106, 108, 171, 190–192, 195, 198–199, 204–205, 207, 211–213, 221–222, 225–226, 228, 232, 235–237, 239–242, 245, 254–259, 261–262, 267–269, 272
  • variation set 254, 255, 256, 261, 262
  • Variational Learning Model 235, 236, 237, 241, 245
  • verb 4, 5, 6, 51, 52, 53, 57, 59, 62, 67, 73, 74, 79, 81, 83, 87, 88, 93, 94, 96, 98, 100, 101, 105, 106, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 123, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 141, 142, 143, 145, 146, 148, 154, 155, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 163n1, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 214, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 249, 250, 251, 252, 278, 283, 291, 305, 312, 313, 319
    • bias116
    • classes 53, 153, 204, 210, 249, 259, 260, 318
    • semantics 115, 116, 118, 120, 121, 123, 128, 139
  • verb-marking errors 4, 101, 110, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 238, 239, 240, 242, 243, 246, 276
  • vocabulary 40, 48, 50, 60, 71, 74, 78, 83, 88, 97, 98, 123, 158, 162, 185, 186, 189, 190, 192, 193, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 222, 263, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 287, 296, 303, 311, 314, 315, 318
    • growth 40, 60, 83, 195, 196, 198, 200, 201, 209, 213, 215, 281
    • size 195, 197, 198, 215, 216, 263, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 276, 279, 280, 282, 283, 315
    • receptive 198, 266–267, 271, 273
  • vocalisations 12, 15, 19, 21, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31–34, 40, 44, 46, 47, 64, 180, 183

W

  • WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich and Democratic) populations 2, 5, 16, 194, 210, 248, 260
  • wh-questions 59, 135, 139–141, 143, 151, 153, 234–235, 240, 245, 284, 319
  • word class40
  • word class 40, 53, 259, 260
  • word learning 21, 40–42, 48–49, 51, 53, 59, 60–63, 73, 76, 78, 81, 85–87, 89, 207, 214–216, 263, 268, 274–276, 280, 282–283, 305–306, 317–319
  • word learning biases 40, 48
  • word-learning 59, 62, 73, 76, 88, 207, 275, 280, 291–292, 306
  • working memory 72, 150–151, 162, 168, 194, 199, 202, 212, 215–217