TY - BOOK ID - 1370715 TI - Constructing a language : a usage-based theory of language acquisition PY - 2003 SN - 0674010302 0674017641 9780674017641 9780674010307 PB - Cambridge Harvard university press DB - UniCat KW - Language acquisition. KW - Cognition in children. KW - Langage KW - Cognition chez l'enfant KW - Acquisition KW - Cognitive psychology KW - Psycholinguistics KW - Cognition in children KW - Language acquisition KW - Acquisition of language KW - Developmental linguistics KW - Developmental psycholinguistics KW - Language and languages KW - Language development in children KW - Psycholinguistics, Developmental KW - Interpersonal communication in children KW - Cognition (Child psychology) KW - Thought and thinking in children KW - Child psychology KW - Cognitieve psychologie KW - Psycholinguïstiek UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1370715 AB - The author presents a comprehensive usage-based theory of language acquisition, based on evidence that children possess a linguistic ability interwoven with other cognitive abilities, rather than a self-contained 'language instinct'. ER -