Here is a list of papers written by Brian MacWhinney on various issues in language learning and processing. The nine areas covered are:

1. Emergentist Theory
2. CHILDES and TalkBank
3. Neural Networks for Language Learning
4. Competition Model -- General theory
5. Competition Model -- First Language Learning and Item-based Learning
6. Competition Model -- Second language learning
7. Competition Model -- Adult processing
8. Children with focal lesions
9. Memory and arousal