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Linguistics: The Cambridge Survey
Volume II Linguistic Theory: Extensions and Implications
Linguistics: The Cambridge Survey
Editor-in Chief Frederick /. Newmeyer University of Washington Editorial Board Stephen Anderson The Johns Hopkins University John Baugh University of California, Santa Cruz William Bright University of Colorado Janet D. Fodor Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York Victoria A. Fromkin University of California, Los Angeles Ruth Kempson School of Oriental and African Studies, Universtiy of London Wayne O'Neil Massachusetts of Technology Henk Van Riemsdijk Tilburg University Arnold M. Zwicky The Ohio State University and Stanford University
Executive Editor Robert N. Ubell Robert Ubell Associates, New York
Linguistics: The Cambridge Survey Edited by Frederick J. Newmeyer University of Washington
Volume II Linguistic Theory: Extensions and Implications
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Published by the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RP 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA 10 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, Melbourne 3166, Australia © Cambridge University Press 1988 First published 1988 First paperback edition 1989 Reprinted 1996 British Library cataloguing in publication data Linguistics: the Cambridge survey. Vol. 2: Linguistic theory: extensions and implications. 1. Linguistics I. Newmeyer, Frederick J. 410 P121 Library of Congress cataloguing in publication data Linguistic theory. (Linguistics, the Cambridge survey; v. 2) Includes indexes. I. Linguistics. I. Newmeyer, Frederick J. II. Series. P121. L567 vol. 2 410s [410] 87 18386 ISBN 0 521 30833 X hardcovers ISBN 0 521 37581 9 paperback
Transferred to digital printing 2004
Contents
Contributors
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Preface
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1 Extensions and implications of linguistic theory: an overview Frederick J. Newmeyer 2 Grammar and language processing Lyn Frazier
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3 Grammatical principles of first language acquisition: theory and evidence Thomas Roeper
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4 Second language acquisition and grammatical theory Suzanne Flynn
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5 Brain structures and linguistic capacity Mary-Louise Kean
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6 Abnormal language acquisition and the modularity of language S