Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: Of chimps, children, and grown-ups
  • 2. Nature and nurture: The poverty of the stimulus
  • 3. Human nature and culture: Concept labeling
  • 4. Culture and language: Civilization and its progress
  • 5. Language explanation: The growth of a child's mind
  • 6. Linguistic knowledge: Universals and particulars
  • 7. Language maturation and beyond: A new look at the Critical Period Hypothesis
  • 8. Language research and language teaching: A renewed promise
  • 9. Overview: New prospects for the study of language.