Preface by Halliday
王宗炎序
Prdface by Chomsky
瀋傢煊序
導讀
Preface:How to use this book
Acknowledgements
1 What do children bring to the language acquisition task?
Chapter summary
Introduction
Two different approaches
Competence versus performance
Some recurring questions
Some premises
Questions for discussion
An activity
Further reading
2 How do children communicate before they can use language?
Chapter summary
Clues for understanding
Facial expressions
Cries,coos and grunts
Infant speech perception
Babbling
The transition to language
First words
Gestures
Language and gesture
Discussion of in-text exercises
Questions for discussion
Some activities
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3 When does language development start?
4 How do young children think languageworks?
5 What in fluences language development?
6 Do all children learn language the same way?
7 Does it matter which languange(s) you learn?
8 When does language development stop?
Appendix 1 Tools for studying childern's language
Appendix 2 Phonetic symbols
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