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Questions about constructions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2002

JIM MILLER
JIM MILLER
Affiliation:
Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, University of Edinburgh
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Abstract

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Ravid & Tolchinsky are to be applauded for proposing literacy as a central topic in first language acquisition. A synthesis of research in spoken language, in literacy and literacy practices and the lines of enquiry represented in MacWhinney (1999) has interesting consequences for theories of first language acquisition, not least the nativist ones. This response focuses on constructions but a brief list of controversial points in R&T's paper will be useful.

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Journal of Child Language , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , May 2002 , pp. 449 - 488
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press