Contents

pp v-viii

List of figures

pp ix-x

List of contributors

pp xi-xiv

In memory of Miwa Nishimura

pp xv-xvi

Preface

pp xvii-xviii

Introduction

pp 1-10

Language acquisition

pp 11-12

1 - Ontogeny of language

pp 13-19

2 - Caregivers' speech

pp 20-25

3 - The intrinsic link between gesture and speech at the prelinguistic stage

pp 26-33

4 - Infant speech perception

pp 34-40

5 - Phonological acquisition

pp 41-47

6 - The mechanism of lexical development: implications from Japanese children's word learning

pp 48-55

7 - The acquisition of nouns and verbs in Japanese

pp 56-61

8 - The acquisition of verbal nouns

pp 62-68

9 - The acquisition of Japanese numeral classifiers

pp 69-75

10 - The acquisition of case markers

pp 76-81

11 - The acquisition of tense and aspect

pp 82-88

12 - On the origin of children's errors: the case of Japanese negation and direct passive

pp 89-97

13 - Binding Theory in UG and first-language acquisition of Japanese

pp 98-102

14 - The acquisition of the particles ne, yo, and no

pp 103-109

15 - The acquisition of linguistic politeness in Japanese

pp 110-115

16 - Children's narrative structures

pp 116-122

17 - Memory talk and testimony in children

pp 123-129

18 - Developmental dyslexia

pp 130-136

19 - Japanese Sign Language

pp 137-143

20 - The role of an innate acquisition device in second-language acquisition

pp 144-150

21 - Japanese, the grammar of reflexives, and second-language acquisition

pp 151-157

22 - Processes in L2 Japanese sentence production

pp 158-164