This book examines both classic and current studies that trace the development of human
language from before birth to the early childhood years. By focusing on areas of language …

NOW PUBLISHED BY PLURAL! This classic text now in its tenth edition and now available
from Plural Publishing, The Development of Language continues its focus on language …

From the first moment of life, language development occurs in the context of social activities.
This book emphasises how language development interacts with social and cognitive …

This book provides the reader with an authoritative text that includes important and useful
concepts and research findings. Emphasis is placed on language development in children …

Research on child language is an interdisciplinary enterprise, uniting the efforts of
psychologists, linguists, computer scientists, educators, neuroscientists, and communication …

Somehow in the span of just a few years, newborn infants who neither speak nor understand
any language become young children who comment, question, and express their ideas in …

Language Acquisition: The Basics is an accessible introduction to the must-know issues in
child language development. Covering key topics drawn from contemporary psychology …

There are between 4,000 and 6,000 languages remaining in the world and the
characteristics of these languages vary widely. How could an infant born today master any …

The progression from newborn to sophisticated language user in just a few short years is
often described as wonderful and miraculous. What are the biological, cognitive, and social …

Speculation about how children come to know a language antedates by centuries the
systematic investigation of the topic; only in the last century did the methodical study of …