Constructing a Language: A Usage-Based Theory of Language Acquisition

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Constructing a Language: A Usage-Based Theory of Language Acquisition

Postby diplomaticus » Sun Aug 02, 2015 2:37 am

Has anyone read this book?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0674017641/ref=

The description made it look quite interesting to me, and I was curious of the opinion of it by those who might know more of linguistics and such.
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Re: Constructing a Language: A Usage-Based Theory of Language Acquisition

Postby zenmonkey » Sun Aug 02, 2015 9:16 am

Have not read the book but here is what I find to be a well written review:

http://www.hms.harvard.edu/cldp/pub/pdf ... review.pdf

It would seem to be focused on child level acquisition.
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