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Gillis, Steven. 2003. Language acquisition. In Östman, Jan-Ola, Jef Verschueren, Jan Blommaert and Chris Bulcaen, eds. Handbook of Pragmatics. 2002 Installment. John Benjamins.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

adolescent | child language | language acquisition | language development1 | language use

Place, Publisher

John Benjamins

Annotation

This essay aims at providing a comprehensive overview of linguistic development from infancy through childhood to late adolescence, embedded in various relevant theoretical and methodological contexts. It starts with an overview of the main issues and controversies in language acquisition research and theorizing.