Preface
Author's preface
SECTION I
Survey
Introduction
Acquisition:when I was a child,I spoke as a child
‘...no language but a cry’
First words
The birth of grammar
Evidence for innateness
Childish creativity
Stages of linguistic development
Production:putting words in one's mouth
Conceptualization
Formulation
Articulation
Articulation
Self-mointoring
Comprehension:understanding what we hear and read
The comprehension of sonuds
The comprehension of words
The comprehension of sentences
The comprehension of texts
Comprehension concluded
Dissolution:language loss
Neurolinguistics and language loss
Speech and language disorders
Concluding summary
SECTION 2
Readings
SECTION 3
References
SECTION 4
Glossary
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