Karmiloff, Kyra,

Pathways to language : from fetus to adolescent / Pathways to language : From foetus to adolescent Kyra Karmiloff, Annette Karmiloff-Smith. - ix, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Developing child . - Developing child. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-245) and index.

What is language acquisition? -- Experimental paradigms for studying language acquisition -- Speech perception in and out of the womb -- Learning about the meaning of words -- Becoming a grammatical being -- Beyond the sentence -- Atypical language development -- Rethinking the nature-nurture debate.

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Language acquisition

P118 / .K29 2001

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