top-down, synthetic, 34–35, 124, 150–151, 235

transfer, 3, 5, 30–32, 40, 45, 128

translation equivalents, 37, 136, 237–238

unitary language system hypothesis/fusion system hypothesis, 5, 24–25, 38–40, 42, 44, 46, 128, 231

vocabulary spurt, 89

weaker language, xxi, 8, 28–29, 33–37, 47, 86, 128, 131–132, 148–150, 157, 178, 191, 195, 224, 228, 234–235, 239, 241–243

word

combination, 86–93, 103–110, 122–124, 143–144, 235

order, 1, 9, 29, 33, 40–42, 45, 57, 77, 79, 82–83, 88, 99, 101–102, 115, 119, 122–124, 232–234