The Articulate Mammal (59 page)

Kathryn (child)
107
,
108
,
243

KE family
57

Keele, S.W.
56

Kegl, J.
81
,
242

Kelli (child)
147
–
8

Kellogg, L.A. and W.N.
28

Kempen, G.
242

keyboard, use by apes
34
–
6
,
37

Kim, J.J.
243

Kimball, J.
200
,
206

Kimura, D.
45
,
57

Kinoshita, S.
189

Kinsbourne, M.
47
,
48
,
78

Kirchner, W.H.
23

Klima, E.
75
,
114
,
116

knowledge of language
viii
,
8
–
9
,
86
–
7
,
168
–
70
,
182
; children
109
–
10
,
149
–
50
; comprehension of speech
187
; content approach to language acquisition
124
,
125
; grammar xviii; knowing that vs. knowing how
155
,
179
–
80
; vs. usage
xvi
–
xvii
,
167
–
8
,
169
–
70
,
174
,
177
–
9
,
183
,
237
–
8

Koko (gorilla)
241

Korean
237

Kuczaj II, S.A.
68

Kuhl, P.
72

Kutas, M.
52

labelling
103
–
4

LAD
see
language acquisition device

Lal, C.S.L.
57

Lana (chimp)
34
–
6
,
38

Landau, B.
147
,
243

language: change
120
,
239
; definition of
20
,
36
; design features
20
–
8
,
38
; innateness hypothesis
15
–
16
; universals
86
–
91
;
see also
acquisition of language; comprehension of language; knowledge of language; speech

language acquisition device (LAD)
91

larynx
42

Lashley, K.S.
53

Late Closure, Principle of
200
–
1
,
204

lateralization
48
,
78
;
see also
localization of speech in brain

Laura (child, aka Marta)
131
–
2
,
133
,
243

Laver, J.
224
,
231
,
244

law of anticipatory maturation
60

learnability
93

learning networks
113

learning of language
2
,
123
–
50
;
see also
acquisition of language

left-handedness
46
–
7

left-to-right model: of language
157
,
161
; of speech comprehension
202
–
4

lemma
230

length of sentences
205

Lenneberg, E.H.
vi
–
vii
,
40
,
42
,
55
,
56
,
59
–
61
,
77
–
8
,
80
,
235
,
241
,
242

Leopold, W.F.
69
,
70
,
72

Lester, B.M.
69

Levelt, W.J.M.
213
,
244

Levinson, S.C.
237
,
239

Lewin, R.
37

lexical decision task
189
–
90
,
191

lexical diffusion
120
,
146

lexicon
x
,
xviii
,
239
; Emperor of Jupiter example
163
; Minimalist Program
98
; role in comprehension
211
,
236
; Shortlist model
188

Liberman, A.M.
186

Lieven, E.V.M.
243

limited scope formulae
110
–
11
,
148

linguists vs. psychologists
xv
–
xvi

Livesley, B.
221

Lloyd, A.L.
239

localization of speech in brain
44
–
6
,
47
,
48
,
50
;
see also
lateralization

locatives
141

Locke, J.L.
81
,
104

‘logical problem’ of language acquisition
93

Longfellow, H.W.
207

LOOK vs. SEE
147
–
8

Loulis (chimp)
31
,
241

lungs
42

Lust, B.
242

lying
xix

MacKain, K.
78

Mackay, D.G.
50
,
56

Maclay, H.
xvi

MacWhinney, B.
142
,
145
,
241
,
242

magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
vii
,
52

main clause first strategy
197
,
198

malapropisms
219
–
20
,
226
,
228

mama, meaning of
70

Maratsos, M.
139
,
140

Marcus, G.F.
243

Marks, L.
198

Marler, P.
27
,
77
,
82

Marshall, J.C.
19
,
21
–
2
,
38

Marslen-Wilson, W.D.
188
,
244

Matata (bonobo)
37

Matthei, E.H.
127
,
165

maturationally controlled behaviour
59
–
82
,
235

mature speech
68

Mazurkewich, I.
149

McClelland, J.L.
188
,
245

McDaniel, D.
243

McGilvray, J.
242

McKean, K.
171

McNeill, D.
25
,
100
,
101
–
2
,
109
,
225

McQueen, J.M.
187
,
244

McShane, J.
103
–
4
,
243

mean length of utterances (MLU)
72
–
3

meaning
109
–
10
; comprehension of speech
188
,
189
; semantic scaffolding
138
–
9
;
see also
semanticity

Mehler, J.
71
,
196

memory
205
–
6
,
238
,
244

Menn, L.
114

mental lexicon
239

Miles, H.L.
38

milestones in language development
60
,
68
–
77
,
235

Miller, G.A.
ix
,
171
–
2
,
173
,
198
,
209
,
244

Miller, J.D.
72

Miller, J.L.
244

Miller, W.
105

Milner, B.
47

mimicry vs. language
28

mind-reading
27
,
57
–
8
,
166