First Language Acquisition (Paperback)

From the contents: 1. Acquiring languages: issues and questions 2. In conversation with children 3. Starting on language: perception 4. Early words 5. Sounds in words: production 6. Words and meanings 7. First word combinations, first constructions 8. Modulating word meanings 9. Adding complexity within clauses 10. Combining clauses: more complex constructions 11. Constructing words 12. Honing conversational skills 13. Do things with language 14. Language and dialect 15. Specialization for language 16. Acquisition and change 17. Glossary, Bibliography