LING 452 Research Methods and Data Sources for Acquisition of Syntax

Welcome to the Library research session for Dr. Martina Wiltschko’s LING 452 (Acquisition of Syntax) class, Winter Term 1, 2018.

For your research project, you are asked to identify a research topic; find, describe and analyze appropriate language acquisition data; and provide a short review of the relevant literature. In this workshop, we’ll look at:

• tools and techniques for finding information sources on language acquisition for your research project

• finding and analysing first language acquisition data using the CHILDES database of children's speech