Editors Herbst, Schmid, and Faulhaber present students, academics, and researchers with a collection of academic articles and essays that together provide an investigation of current research into the theoretical and methodological linguistics research into the role of item-specific grammatical and lexical behavior. The nine contributions that make up the main body of the text are devoted to a wide variety of related subjects, including first language learning from a usage-based approach, item-based patterns in early syntactic development, pattern grammar in context, and others. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)