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Language acquisition

Index of SIL publications on Language acquisition listed by country.

See only SIL publications on Language acquisition available online or for purchase from SIL International Publications.

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General works

• BURQUEST, Donald A., author. 2000. Review of: The inheritance and innateness of grammars, Myrna Gopnik, editor.
• BURQUEST, Donald A., author. 2009. Review of: Derivations in minimalism, by Samuel David Epstein and T. Daniel Seely.  
• EASTHOUSE, Linda O., author. 2000. "Volverse bilingüe es todo un modo de vida."
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1981. Review of: The genesis of language, by Kenneth C. Hill.
• GRUBER, M. Catherine; HIGGINS, Derrick; OLSON, Kenneth S.; WYSOCKI, Tamra, editors. 1998. CLS 34 part 2: Papers from the panels: The status of constraints; the acquisition of spoken language; acquisition and the lexicon April 17-19, 1998.
• ORWIG, Carol J., author. 2000. Review of: Second language learning theories, by Rosamond Mitchell and Florence Myles.
• PARKS, Elizabeth, author. 2010. Review of: The social art: language and its uses, by Ronald Macaulay.  
• PIKE, Evelyn G., author. 1949. "Controlled infant intonation."
• TEHAN, Thomas M., author. 2000. Review of: Eve spoke: human language and human evolution, by Philip Lieberman.
• THOMAS, J. Paul, author. 2010. Review of: Child language: acquisition and growth, by Barbara C. Lust.  
• YOUNG, Catherine, author. 2001. Review of: Bilingual acquisition: theoretical implications of a case study, by Margaret Deuchar and Suzanne Quay.

Works specific to particular countries

Americas

Peru

• EASTHOUSE, Linda O., author. 2003. Becoming bilingual is a way of life.  

United States

• BOUTIN, Michael E., author. 1994. Morpheme addiction revisited: toward an account of the acquisition of 'present perfect' by non-native speakers of English.

Asia

India

• MASON, Ruth, author. 2009. The use of evaluative devices in the narrative discourses of young second-language learners.  

Malaysia

• BOUTIN, Michael E.; YEN EE LEE, Eileen, authors. 1992. "Pronominal differences in languages of Sabah and Sarawak and the affect on the acquisition of Bahasa Malaysia."
• LASIMBANG, Rita; MILLER, Carolyn P., authors. 1990. "Language labelling and other factors affecting perception of ethnic identity in Sabah."

Philippines

• YOUNG, Catherine, author. 2003. "First language: a foundation for effective basic education."

Russian Federation

• EBENRITTER, H.; REMPEL, K., authors. 2001. "Osnovniye polozheniya ee metody ovladeniya vtrorym eenostrannym yazykum v kuturnom aspectye (Thesen und methoden zum zweitspracherwerb unter berücksichtigung kultureller aspekte) (Basic notions and methods in second language acquisition in the cultural aspect)."

Taiwan

• HUTESON, Greg, author. 2005. "Report on language proficiency, language use, and language attitudes among the Puyuma."  

Europe

Russian Federation

• EBENRITTER, H.; REMPEL, K., authors. 2001. "Osnovniye polozheniya ee metody ovladeniya vtrorym eenostrannym yazykum v kuturnom aspectye (Thesen und methoden zum zweitspracherwerb unter berücksichtigung kultureller aspekte) (Basic notions and methods in second language acquisition in the cultural aspect)."

United Kingdom

• MASON, Ruth, author. 1994. "The development of narrative skills and the evaluative use of modal verbs in the narratives of young non-native speakers of English."