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Publisher: Cambridge University Press http://www.cup.org Journal Title: Journal of Child Language Volume Number: 31 Issue Number: 2 Issue Date: May 2004 Main text: For more information including a free sample issue, abstracts, secure online ordering plus the full text of articles if your library subscribes, visit: http://journals.cambridge.org/phpAds/adclick.php?bannerid=2304 Contents Young children's difficulty with adjectives modifying nouns ANAT NINIO A longitudinal study of language development in two children with Williams syndrome YONATA LEVY Genetic and environmental interactions in determining the early lexicon: evidence from a set of tri-zygotic quadruplets KARLA K. McGREGOR, NINA C. CAPONE Linguistic indicators of inter-genre differentiation in later language development RUTH A. BERMAN, BRACHA NIR-SAGIV Note The acquisition of word connotations: asking 'What happened?' ROBERTA CORRIGAN On the use of the connective 'and' in oral narration: a study of French-speaking elementary school children MONIQUE VION, ANNIE COLAS Reviews J. R. TAYLOR, Cognitive grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Pp. xii+621. THEA CAMERON-FAULKNER D. KIMBROUGH OLLER & REBECCA E. EILERS (eds), Language and literacy in bilingual children. Clevedon, England: Multilingual Matters, 2002. Pp. vii+310. ISBN 1-85359-571-3 (hbk), 1-85359-570-5 (pbk). JIM CUMMINS Review Articles Learnability and linguistic performance KENNETH F. DROZD Discussion Nativist versus constructivist goals in studying child language NAMEERA AKHTAR Is Modularity Matching correct or useful? SHANLEY ALLEN Grammatical competence is not a psychologically valid construct PATRICIA J. BROOKS Commentary on Learnability and linguistic performance by Kenneth F. Drozd HELEN GOODLUCK What accounts for children non-adultlike linguistic behaviour? MARIA TERESA GUASTI Grammars, parsers, and language acquisition EVAN KIDD Facing Plato's cave: viewing the shadows of grammatical competence: commentary on learnability and linguistic performance by Ken Drozd BARBARA LUST Multiple influences on children's language performance CECILE McKEE, DANA McDANIEL Grammar, processing and acquisition WILLIAM O'GRADY Clarity of purpose in L1 acquisition research: a response to Ken Drozd's Learnability and linguistic performance WILLIAM PHILIP How not to undermine the goal of an acquisition theory TOM ROEPER The relative roles of theory and acquisition studies NICHOLAS SOBIN The Modularity Matching model: a solution to the problem of performance limitations in production? ANNA L. THEAKSTON Research Articles Reply to commentaries - Kenneth F. Drozd Lingfield(s): Language AcquisitionMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue