First language acquisition /
Eve V. Clark.
- 2nd ed.
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- xii, 490 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Previous ed.: 2003.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 406-464) and indexes.
Acquiring languages: issues and questions -- In conversation with children -- Starting on language : perception -- Early words -- Sounds in words : production -- Words and meanings -- First combinations, first constructions -- Modulating word meanings -- Adding complexity within clauses -- Combining clauses : more complex constructions -- Constructing words -- Honing conversational skills -- Do things with language -- Two languages at a time -- Specialization for language -- Acquisition and change.