Oller, John W. <br/><br/>
Milestones :  normal speech and language development across the life span / 
John W. Oller, Jr., Stephen D. Oller, Linda C. Badon. 
 - San Diego :  Plural Pub.,  c2006. 
 - xxiv, 499 p. :  ill., map ;  26 cm. +  1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-431) and index. 
<br/><br/>Why we start at the beginning -- Language development even before birth -- Sign systems at birth -- Things, persons, and situations : constructing icons -- Moving things and persons : developing and coordinating indexes -- Integrating icons and indexes with surface forms of speech and language -- From canonical babbling to the "first word" -- Moving on to syntax -- Essential pragmatic problems are solved by children -- Literacy -- The role of nonprimary languages and dialects -- Development in relation to disorders and dissolution. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1597560367 9781597560368 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006003622 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Language acquisition.<br/>Child development.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P118  / .O434 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>401.93 OLL