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Prefaceix
Why linguists need laguage acquirers11 Comments on the paper by Comrie30 Second laguage acquisition and the ontology of laguage universals33 Comments on the paper by Gass and Ard69 Reply to Kumpf’s Comments73 Universals, typologies, and interlanguage79 Comments on the paper by Eckman106 Universals of discourse structure and second language acquisition109 Comments on the paper by Givón137 The language bioprogram hypothesis and second language acquisition141 Comments on the paper by Bickerton162 A universal input condition167 Uniformity and source-language variation across developmental continua185 Comments on the paper by Zobl219 In what ways are language universals psychologically real?223 Comments on the paper by Hakuta239 Reply to Hatch’s comments244 Repertoire universals, markedness, and second language acquisition247 Index to references259
Index to languages263
