Child Language

A. Introduction: Key Concepts in Language Acquisition A.1. Approaches to Language Acquisition A.2. Phonological Development A.3. Lexical Development A.4. Morphological Development A.5. Syntactic Development A.6. Discourse Development A.7. Literacy Development A.8. The Bilingual Child B. Development: Analyzing Childrenâs Language B.1. A Closer Look at Child Directed Speech B.2. Learning and Producing the Sounds of Words B.3. Learning the Meaning of Words B.4. Learning How to Build Words B.5. Learning How to Build Sentences B.6. Acquiring Communicative Competence B.7. A Closer Look at Spelling B.8. Using Two Dialects C. Exploration: Data for Investigation C.1. Research Methods C.2. Childrenâs Pronunciation Patterns C.3. Childrenâs Lexicons C.4. Children as Word-makers C.5. Building a Grammar C.6. Childrenâs Conversations C.7. Childrenâs Writing C.8. Using More Than one Language D. Extension: Readings in Language Acquisition D.1. Current Perspectives on Language Acquisition D.2. Childrenâs Mental Representations of Sounds D.3. Naming Things for Children D.4. A Childâs Invention of New Words D.5. Accounting for Growth and Change in Childrenâs Grammar D.6. Language and Socialization D.7. A Cross-Linguistic Approach to Dyslexia D.8. Bilingual Childrenâs Use of Code-Switching. References. Glossarial Index