Language acquisition : studies in first language development

Preface Part I. Contexts and Determinants: 1. Psychosocial aspects of language acquisition Maya Hickmann 2. Language acquisition and cognition Robin N. Campbell 3. Language acquisition and linguistic theory Helen Goodluck 4. Conversations with children Catherine E. Snow 5. Learnability Martin Atkinson 6. Variation in child language Gordon Wells Part II. The Development of Linguistic Systems: Phonology: 7. Prespeech segmental feature development Rachel E. Stark 8. Prosodic development David Crystal 9. Early strategies for the perception and production of words and sounds Paula Menyuk, Lise Menn and Ronnie Silber 10. Phonological development: production David Ingram 11. Speech perception and the emergent lexicon: an ethological approach John L. Locke 12. Phonological development: a crosslinguistic perspective Marlys A. Macken Part III. The Development of Linguistic Systems: Grammar: 13. Early vocabulary Patrick Griffiths 14. Early syntax Ann M. Peters 15. Assessing morphological development Bruce L. Derwing and William J. Baker 16. Personal pronouns Shulamuth Chiat 17. Tense and aspect Richard M. Weist 18. Modality Ursula Stephany 19. Deixis Roger Wales 20. A crosslinguistic perspective: morphology and syntax Ruth A. Berman Part IV. Later Language Development: 21. Some fundamental aspects of language development after age 5 Annette Karmiloff-Smith 22. The development of reading: the acquisition of a cognitive skill Philip T. Smith 23. Language acquisition and writing Katherine Perera Notes to chapters Bibliography and citation index General index.