Language Acquisition Theories

This cluster investigates theories related to language acquisition and the cognitive processes involved. It includes research on how people learn languages in different contexts.

language acquisition
cognitive theories
learning processes
linguistics
theories of learning

83,961 papers

Parent topic: Natural Language Processing and Linguistics

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Top Papers

Orality And Literacy

1982 · 4,177 citations

A Theory Of Lexical Access In Speech Production

1999 · 3,535 citations

On The Language Instinct

1994 · 3,259 citations

Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe: An American Grammar Book

1987 · 2,920 citations

Matthew Effects In Reading: Some Consequences Of Individual Differences In The Acquisition Of Literacy

1986 · 2,802 citations

Variation Across Speech And Writing

1988 · 2,536 citations

Language Identification In The Limit

1967 · 2,479 citations

Language, Power And Pedagogy

2000 · 2,310 citations

Theoretical Bases Of Communicative Approaches To Second Language Teaching And Testing

1980 · 2,223 citations

Learning Vocabulary In Another Language

2001 · 2,085 citations

Foundation Literacy Acquisition In European Orthographies

2003 · 1,707 citations

The Phonological Loop As A Language Learning Device.

1998 · 1,489 citations

The Language-As-Fixed-Effect Fallacy: A Critique Of Language Statistics In Psychological Research

1973 · 1,447 citations

Joint Book Reading Makes For Success In Learning To Read: A Meta-Analysis On Intergenerational Transmission Of Literacy

1995 · 1,316 citations

Learning Strategies In Second Language Acquisition

1990 · 1,310 citations

Three Factors In Language Design

2005 · 1,309 citations

Reading Ability: Lexical Quality To Comprehension

2007 · 1,288 citations

Social Identity, Investment, And Language Learning

1995 · 1,270 citations

How Social Contexts Support And Shape Language Development☆

2006 · 1,230 citations

The Child's Learning Of English Morphology

1958 · 1,223 citations