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Language acquisition

by Gleitman, Lila R.

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Description

Lila Gleitman and Cynthia Fisher explore the interaction of meaning and grammar in language acquisition. Based on three lectures given by Dr. Gleitman in the prestigious Blackwell-Maryland Lectures in Language and Cognition, the text has been substantially revised and re-worked to make it useful in undergraduate and graduate courses.