Developmental research has long focused on regularities in language acquisition, minimizing factors that might be responsible for variation. Although researcher

Are all children exposed to the same linguistic input, and do they follow the same route in acquisition? The answer is no: The language that children hear diffe

This major textbook, setting new standards of clarity and comprehensiveness, will be welcomed by all serious students of first language acquisition. Written fro

This volume provides a broad coverage of the intersection of sociolinguistic variation and language acquisition. Favoured by the current scientific context wher

The study of how linguistic variation is acquired is considered a nascent field in both psycho- and sociolinguistics. Within that research context, this book ai