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• Title Page
• Copyright
• Brief Contents
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1: What Enables Infants to Acquire Language?
• 1.1: What is the evolutionary context of language development?
• 1.2: What are the abilities of language-ready newborns?
• Summary
• Further Reading
• Chapter 2: What do Infants Learn Before they Speak their First Word?
• 2.1: What is there to learn?
• 2.2: What are the linguistic abilities of newborns?
• 2.3: How do infants discover the sounds of language?
• 2.4: How do infants discover words?
• Summary
• Further Reading
• Chapter 3: How does Social and Cognitive Development Support Language Development?
• 3.1: What do infants learn from interacting with others?
• 3.2: What do infants learn about the world?
• 3.3: What is the role of gestures in language development?
• Summary
• Further Reading
• Chapter 4: How do Children Learn Words?
• 4.1: How does social interaction support word learning?
• 4.2: When do children learn their first words?
• 4.3: How is the child’s vocabulary organised?
• 4.4: How do children learn so many words in such short time?
• Summary
• Further Reading
• Chapter 5: How do Children Learn to Combine and Modify Words?
• 5.1: Where does grammatical knowledge come from?
• 5.2: Can infants learn about grammar before they even start to speak?
• 5.3: How do children learn to combine and modify words?
• 5.4: Why do children make grammatical errors and how do they stop?
• Summary
• Further Reading
• Chapter 6: What Kind of Language do Children Encounter?
• 6.1: How do we address children?
• 6.2: What are the functions of child-directed speech?
• 6.3: Do differences in language input affect language development?
• Summary
• Further Reading
• Chapter 7: How do Children Learn to Use Language?
• 7.1: How do children develop communicative competence?
• 7.2: Do boys and girls differ in how they learn and use language?
• Summary
• Further Reading
• Chapter 8: How does Language Development Affect Cognition?
• 8.1: How does using language support cognitive development?
• 8.2: Does it matter which language children learn?
• 8.3: Does it matter how many languages children learn?
• Summary
• Further Reading
• Chapter 9: What is the Role of Literacy in Language Development?
• 9.1: How do children learn to read and write?
• 9.2: How does literacy affect language development?
• 9.3: Why is learning to read difficult for some children?
• Summary
• Further Reading
• Chapter 10: What Causes Language Impairments?
• 10.1: What are the symptoms of Specific Language Impairment?
• 10.2: Which children are at risk for Specific Language Impairment?
• 10.3: What might explain Specific Language Impairment?
• Summary
• Further Reading
• Chapter 11: How do Deaf Children Acquire Language?
• 11.1: Are sign languages acquired differently from spoken languages?
• 11.2: How does partial restoration of hearing affect language development?
• 11.3: Can deaf children create their own communication systems?
• Summary
• Further Reading
• Chapter 12: How does Language Development Affect the Brain?
• 12.1: Which areas of the brain process language?
• 12.2: When does neural specialisation for language develop?
• 12.3: Is there a critical period for language development?
• Summary
• Further Reading
• Glossary
• References
• Name Index
• Subject Index