First language acquisition /
Eve V. Clark.
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
- xvi, 515 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 441-490) and indexes.
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; Bibliog