Publications

Publication details [#28254]

Lightfoot, David. 1999. The development of language: Acquisition, change and evolution. Blackwell Publishers.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

biological origins of language | historical explanation | language acquisition | language change

Annotation

This book explains language change in terms of language acquisition within the framework of a Chomskian, biological approach to language and grammar.

Reviewed by

Clark, Urszula. 2002. Review of $The development of language: Acquisition, change and evolution.