01404cam a2200217 a 45000010008000000030004000080050017000120080041000290100017000700200020000870400018001070500021001250820023001461000019001692450069001882600042002573000032002995040064003315050765003956500026011601686851OSt20190912171446.0990625s2000    enka     b    001 0 eng    a   99038234   a0304706817 (pb)  aDLCcDLCdDLC00aP118b.C384 200000a401.930 83 CAT2211 aCattell, N. R.10aChildren's language :bconsensus and controversy /cRay Cattell.  aLondon ;aNew York :bCassell,c2000.  ax, 276 p. :bill. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 261-272) and index.  aGetting to rub two words together - getting started with language; catching fire - starting to make fast progress; do we teach children to speak?; learning through touching and feeling; what goes on in the mind? - mentalism as a school of thought; a look at Chomsky's theories - some of Chomsky's work on language acquisition; do we help children to speak? - "motherese" or child-directed speech; learning how to mean; the two halves of the brain - their functions in relation to language; the bounds of language acquisition - what is and what isn't natural language acquisition?; "bootstrapping" - fascinating linguistic capacities of very young babies; the best of both worlds - the work of Annette Karmiloff-Smith; conclusion - drawing the threads together. 0aLanguage acquisition.