ABSTRACT

How children first acquire language is one of the central issues in linguistics. This book draws on a wide range of research, including work in developmental psychology, anthropology and sociology, to explore the processes behind child language acquisition to the preschool period.



chapter 1|10 pages

Background concepts

chapter |1 pages

CHAPTER of early

communication

chapter |2 pages

Infant aural and visual perception

chapter |14 pages

* Ipl It!

chapter |1 pages

Conclusion

chapter 3|15 pages

Prelinguistic communicative competence and the

early lexicon

chapter |26 pages

Phonological development

chapter 4|12 pages

Communicating with

language

chapter |25 pages

Part 2 Advances in lexical development

chapter III|2 pages

I I I

chapter II|5 pages

I IIII IIII

chapter |15 pages

'Silly...

chapter |2 pages

Conclusion

chapter 5|11 pages

Explaining the development of

communicative competence

chapter |34 pages

Part 4 Explaining lexical development

chapter 6|12 pages

CHAPTER SIX

child language

chapter |1 pages

Further reading