List of Language Acquisition Researchers

Below are some notable researchers in language acquisition listed by intellectual orientation and research topic.

Nativists

  • Noam Chomsky
  • Eric Lenneberg
  • Steven Pinker
  • Stephen Crain
  • Thomas Bever
  • Susan Gelman
  • Susan Carey
  • Elizabeth Spelke
  • Lila R. Gleitman

Empiricists

  • Elizabeth Bates
  • Michael Tomasello
  • Brian MacWhinney
  • Elissa L. Newport
  • Linda B. Smith
  • Jenny Saffran
  • Elena Lieven
  • Dan Slobin
  • Barbara Landau

Generative Language Acquisition

  • Lydia White

Second language acquisition researchers

  • Stephen Krashen
  • Richard Schmidt
  • Teresa Pica
  • Rod Ellis
  • Bill VanPatten
  • Judith F. Kroll
  • François Grosjean
  • Nick Ellis
  • Jyotsna Vaid
  • Fred Genesee
  • Lydia White
  • Paul Pimsleur
  • John Bissell Carroll

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