A Course in First Language Acquisition

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By Jeffrey Lidz and Tyler Knowlton

Series: Oxford Core Linguistics

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This textbook introduces fundamental concepts and results in the theory of first language acquisition. The authors use a series of case studies to bring together linguistic phenomena on the one hand and learning and cognitive development on the other. The chapters all include discussion questions and suggestions for further reading.

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This textbook introduces fundamental concepts and results in the theory of first language acquisition, bringing together linguistic phenomena on the one hand and learning and cognitive development on the other. Grammar and development are woven together through a range of case studies that provide students with the tools to think about (a) what is already understood about language acquisition; (b) what methods we use to identity children's grammatical knowledge; and (c) how to approach problems in any area of grammatical acquisition. Each of the book's five parts illustrates a foundational concept in the theory of language and its acquisition: the nature of learning in the biological world; categories in phonetics, phonology, morphology, and syntax; hierarchical structure; grammatical dependencies; and the role of information processing systems in the theory of language acquisition. Designed with advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in mind, the book includes discussion questions and suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter.

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ISBN: 9780198882404

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 26 March 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Oxford University Press

Audience: Tertiary education

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Spine width: 246.0mm

Width: 171.0mm

Height: 18.0mm

Weight: 616g

Pages: 292

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About the Author

Jeffrey Lidz is Professor and Chair in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Maryland, College Park. He previously held positions at the University of Pennsylvania's Institute for Research in Cognitive Science, the CNRS Laboratoire des sciences cognitives et psycholinguistique in Paris, and Northwestern University, and he is a Fellow of both the Linguistic Society of America and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the co-editor, with William Snyder and Joe Pater, of The Oxford Handbook of Developmental Linguistics (OUP, 2016; paperback 2019), and the editor of Sentence First, Arguments Afterward: Essays in Language and Learning (OUP, 2020). Tyler Knowlton is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Science at the University of Delaware. He received his PhD in Linguistics from the University of Maryland in 2021 and previously held a postdoctoral position at the University of Pennsylvania's Mind Center for Outreach, Research, and Education (MindCORE). His work has been published in journals including Language Learning and Development, Cognitive Psychology, and Natural Language Semantics.

A Course in First Language Acquisition