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I
NDEX

acquisition of language
xvi
,
6
,
13
–
14
,
235
; biologically triggered behaviour
60
–
1
; by chimps
29
; content approach
124
–
5
,
126
–
8
,
129
; developmental order
74
–
6
; vs. emergence
74
,
146
; future prospects
236
–
7
; impact of practice on
67
; ‘logical problem’ of
93
; operating principles
140
–
5
; process approach
124
–
6
,
129
–
34
,
138
–
40
,
150
; usage-based approach
99
;
see also
child language

actives
159

actor-action-object strategy
195
–
6
,
198

Adam (‘Harvard child’)
64
,
73
,
75
,
114
–
16
,
118
,
144
,
242

adolescence
77
–
9

Aitchison, J.
27
,
81
,
120
,
143
,
221
,
226
,
237
,
239
,
240
,
243
,
244

Akmajian, A.
240

Alex (child)
137

Alex (grey parrot)
28
,
241

alligators
39

Allison (child)
103
,
180

Altmann, G.T.M.
240
,
244
,
245

Altmann, S.
20

Alzheimer’s disease
227
,
244

ambiguity
189
,
211

Amis, K.
216
–
17

Andersen, R.W.
243

Anderson, S.R.
16
,
20
,
39
,
241

Anglin, J.M.
243

animal communication
xvii
,
17
–
39
,
235
,
241

Anthony (child)
67
–
8

anticipations
221
,
222
–
3
,
225

antiphonal singing
23

apes, non-human
18
,
28
–
38
,
235
;
see also
chimps

aphasia
xvii
,
213
,
216
–
18
,
227
,
228
,
244

approval and disapproval (by caregivers)
4
–
5

Arbib, M.
58

arbitrariness (design feature of language)
21
–
2

archival nature of transformational grammar
177
,
179
–
80
,
182
,
236

ASL (American sign language)
29
–
32

assemblage errors
221
–
3

assumptions about sentences
193
–
8

Astell, A.J.
227

Au, W.
26

Austin (chimp)
37

babbling
61
,
68
,
69
,
70
–
2
,
77

backward processing
208
–
9

Baddeley, A.D.
244

Baker, C.L.
149
,
243

Bar-Adon, A.
69
,
70
,
72

Bard, E.G.
244

Baron-Cohen, S.
27
,
57

Barrett, M.
243

Bastian, J.
25
–
6

Bates, E.
38
,
72
,
145
,
241

bee dancing
23
–
4
,
25

Bellugi, U.
57
,
64
,
75
,
114
,
116

Bennet-Kastor, T.
72
,
243

Berko(-Gleason), J.
112
,
242
,
244

Bernstein, B.
61
–
2

Bernstein-Ratner, N.
244

Bever, T.G.
174
,
176
,
179
,
191
,
193
,
195
,
199
–
200
,
204
,
243
–
4

bilingual children
141

biologically triggered behaviour
59
–
68
,
81
,
235

birdsong
21
,
22
,
23
,
26
–
7
,
38
–
9
,
77

Bishop, D.V.M.
243

Blackmer, E.R.
213

Blank, M.
130

Blanken, G.
227

blends
219
,
221

Bloch, B.
20

blocking
226

blood flow patterns
51
,
52

Bloom, L.
103
,
107
–
8
,
146

Bloom, P.
239
,
242
,
243

Blumenthal, A.L.
195

Blumstein, S.E.
242

Bock, K.
223
,
244

Bond, Z.
187

bonobos
37
–
8

Boomer, D.S.
214
,
224
,
231
,
244

‘bootstrapping’ approach (to language acquisition)
138
,
243

Boucher, J.
243

Boukydis, C.F.
69

Bowerman, M.
109
–
10
,
145
,
148
,
237

Bown, H.
227

Boysson-Bardies, B. de
69
,
71
,
242

Braille
21

brain
43
–
53
,
238
,
242
; brain growth
61
; brain stem
43
–
4
; brain-body ratio
43
; cerebral hemispheres
44
–
8
,
78
; damage to the
47
,
48
,
50
–
1
,
78
,
80
; development of the
77
–
8
; mirror neurons
58
; parallel processing
229
; prefrontal cortex
51
; ‘primary somatic motor area’
49
–
50
; scans
vii
,
51
–
2

Braine, M.D.S.
63
,
105
–
6
,
108
,
110
–
11
,
148
,
243

breathing
42
,
213

Broca’s area
48
,
50
–
1
,
52