Klein, 22n
Klima, 167
Kohn, 193
Kolln, 3n, 42
Krappe, 236
L
Labov, 221, 230, 238, 251
Lakoff, 183
Lamb, 199
Langacker, 75, 198, 218
language
as a communicative act, 203
as a social action, 200
emergence of, 195
innateness of, 36, 276
language acquisition, 36, 37
and learning, 39
and parameter setting, 262
and the minimalist program, 183, 184
language change, 222, 238
language errors
and association, 212, 213, 214
Language Exploration and Awareness,
43
language faculty, 165, 184, 192
and acquisition, 183
as a perfect system, 187
language learning, 39, 40
language processing, 200
bottom up/top down, 203
Latin
value of, 7
Latin grammars, 8
law of sound shift, 222
lay/lie distinction, 73
learning
and cell structure, 210
learning outcomes
definition of, 36
Lee, 167n, 204
Lees, 167
left hemisphere
and language function, 193
Lester, 42, 44
like
as a subordinating conjunction, 150
Lindemann, 24
linguistic approach
to grammar instruction, 42
linguistic universals
and traditional grammar, 97
linguistic wars, 182
linking verbs, 76
literacy approach
to grammar instruction, 42
literacy levels,
decline in, 234
localized language faculty, 272
Locke, 10
Lockean perspective
on language, 202
logical form, 166, 263
logical propositions, 202
logical reasoning, 21, 22
M
Maccoby & Martin, 203
Macrorie, 24
Malermi, Niccolb, 10
Marcus, 208
Marcuse, 240
markers
in deep structure, 167
Martin Luther, 10
mass nouns, 60
matching procedure
and language acquisition, 208
may and might
usage, 128
McClure, 251
McCrum, Cran, & MacNeil, 236, 237
McGuffey readers, 13
meaning
and formalist grammar, 198
and the minimalist program, 191
as concept, 201
Mencken, 236
mental activities
as imagistic process, 210
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