The problem of how the young child learns language has been a major focus of theoretical
and empirical inquiry within disciplines as diverse as psychology, linguistics, and …

This chapter must begin with a caveat. Although the purposes of this volume are to
investigate the transition from prelinguistic to linguistic communication and to ascertain the …

New developments in the field of child language acquisition are reviewed. Research and
theory are increasingly emphasizing the role of communication and dialogue in the …

Language can be characterized as a variety of interactive, communicative behaviors which
demonstrate an exchange of information, including those which are nonverbal. Studies of …

During the last 20 to 25 years there has been an enormous expansion in research on how
normally developing infants and young children acquire language. This research has …

Language and communication in infancy. Language and communication in infancy. Citation
Bates, E., O'Connell, B., & Shore, C. (1987). Language and communication in infancy. In JD …

In recent years, individuals who contemplated preparing a new text on language acquisition
must have quickly recognized that they were confronting a most arduous task. The field itself …

Infants learn language with remarkable speed. By the end of the second year they speak in
sentences, sounding distinctly like a speaker of the “mother tongue." How does one …