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Active since
2001
Affiliations
University of Manchester(Current)
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
University of Liverpool
Max Planck Society
University of Nottingham
Anna Theakston is an author at University of Manchester specializing in linguistics, child development, and language acquisition.
Publications per year
2001–2021
The role of performance limitations in the acquisition of verb-argument structure: an alternative account
Anna Theakston, Elena Lieven, Julián M. Pine et al. · Journal of Child Language · 2001 · 505 citations · Full text
Language Studies, Human Development, Linguistics +17
Quantifying Sources of Variability in Infancy Research Using the Infant-Directed-Speech Preference
Michael C. Frank, Natalia Arias‐Trejo, Gisa Aschersleben et al. · Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science · 2020 · 360 citations · Full text
Education, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +17
Testing the abstractness of children's linguistic representations: lexical and structural priming of syntactic constructions in young children
Elena Lieven, Anna Theakston, Michael Tomasello · Developmental Science · 2003 · 299 citations
Language Studies, Linguistics, Child Development +13
The effect of perceptual availability and prior discourse on young children's use of referring expressions
Danielle Matthews, Elena Lieven, Anna Theakston et al. · Applied Psycholinguistics · 2006 · 271 citations · Full text
Education, Human Development, Linguistics +12
Determinants of acquisition order in wh-questions: re-evaluating the role of caregiver speech
Caroline F. Rowland, Julián M. Pine, Elena Lieven et al. · Journal of Child Language · 2003 · 202 citations · Full text
Language Studies, Linguistics, Child Development +14
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