Nativism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23717606 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alan Davies (0000-0001-5737-5629, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 1-6 |
| Publication date | 2026-04-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0856 |
| OpenAlex | W4235192212 |
| ISBN | 9781405198431 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
The first sense has seen long service in the USA (Michaels, 1995; Higham, 1988) as frequent waves of immigrants were made to feel unwelcome by those (often themselves recent immigrants) who regarded only themselves as truly native.
Archaeology · Genealogy · Immigration · Linguistics · Psychological nativism · History · Language Development and Disorders · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy
Concepts
Second Language Acquisition and Universal Grammar
Getting it right by getting it wrong
An Essay concerning Human Understanding
Lectures on Government and Binding
Adult reformulations of child errors as negative evidence
Searching for arguments to support linguistic nativism
Exploring the richness of the stimulus
Language testing
What's within? Nativism Reconsidered
Strangers in the Land
TheNative Speaker
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |