David W. Lightfoot

Affiliations: 
Georgetown University, Washington, DC 
Area:
Syntax
Website:
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Allan Keiler grad student 1971 (Philosophy Tree)
Robin T. Lakoff grad student 1971

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Lydia White grad student 1980 McGill
Ans van Kemenade grad student 1987 Utrecht
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Lightfoot DW. (2016) English: The language of the Vikings by Joseph Embley Emonds and Jan Terje Faarlund (review) Language. 92: 474-477
Lightfoot DW. (2014) The transmission of Anglo-Norman: Language history and language acquisition by Richard Ingham (review) Language. 90: 963-966
Lightfoot DW. (2014) Jürgen M. Meisel,Martin Elsig &Esther Rinke, Language acquisition and change: A morphosyntactic perspective .Edinburgh:Edinburgh University Press,2013. Pp. xiii + 202. Journal of Linguistics. 50: 757-761
Lightfoot DW. (2013) Historical syntax Language. 89: e18-e38
Lightfoot DW. (2010) Language acquisition and language change. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science. 1: 677-684
Lightfoot D. (2010) Historical syntax and linguistic theory (review) Language. 86: 709-712
Lightfoot DW, Westergaard M. (2007) Language Acquisition and Language Change: Inter‐relationships Language and Linguistics Compass. 1: 396-415
Lightfoot DW. (2002) William Croft , Explaining language change: an evolutionary approach (Longman Linguistics Library). London: Longman, 2000. Pp. xv+287. Journal of Linguistics. 38: 397-439
Lightfoot DW. (2002) Myths and the prehistory of grammars Journal of Linguistics. 38: 113-136
Anderson SR, Lightfoot DW. (2000) The human language faculty as an organ. Annual Review of Physiology. 62: 697-722
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