The usage-based theory of language acquisition

By Michael Tomasello. 2009

243 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Language and Linguistics

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In Developmental and Educational Psychology

1. Nicholas Evans
2. Stephen C. Levinson

In Language and Linguistics

1. Nicholas Evans
2. Stephen C. Levinson
3. Paula Rubio-Fernández
4. Marianne Gullberg
5. Morten H. Christiansen
6. Noah D. Goodman
7. Michael C. Frank
8. Gary Lupyan

Citations in the corpus

• The myth of language universals: language diversity and its importance for cognitive science. (2009, background): “In constructivist usagebased approaches, children are assumed to build up syntactic categories and structures of their language gradually, using cues such as frequency and regularity of specific constructions (e.g., Lieven et al. 2003; Tomasello 2003a; 2009).”