9.57J | Fall 2001 | Undergraduate

Language Acquisition

Course Description

Covers the major results in the study of first language acquisition concentrating on the development of linguistic structure, including sentence structure and morphology. Universal aspects of development are discussed, as well as a variety of cross-linguistic phenomena. Theories of language learning are considered, …
Covers the major results in the study of first language acquisition concentrating on the development of linguistic structure, including sentence structure and morphology. Universal aspects of development are discussed, as well as a variety of cross-linguistic phenomena. Theories of language learning are considered, including parameter-setting and maturation.
Learning Resource Types
Problem Sets with Solutions
A little girl and a bear with text, 'This is Mama Bear; this is Goldilocks. Is Mama Bear touching her?'
A sample stimulus item from an experiment testing children’s knowledge of pronoun reference. (Drawing by Prof. Ken Wexler.)