Evaluation of Theories on Child Grammars

Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONTENTS -- 0. SUMMARY -- 1. CRITERIA TO BE USED IN THE EVALUATION OF PSYCHOLINGUISTIC DESCRIPTIONS IN THE FIELD OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION -- 2. THE PIVOT-OPEN DISTINCTION -- 3. THE TRANSFORMATIONAL APPROACH -- 4. THE APPROACH USED BY BROWN AND COLLEAGUES (REFERRED TO AS TELEGRAPHIC SPEECH) -- 5. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY