PrefacebyHalliday
王宗炎序
PrefacebyChomsky
沈家煊序
导读
Preface:Howtousethisbook
Acknowledgements
1Whatdochildrenbringtothelanguageacquisitiontask
Chaptersummary
Introduction
Twodifferentapproaches
Competenceversusperformance
Somerecurringquestions
Somepremises
Questionsfordiscussion
Anactivity
Furtherreading
2Howdochildrencommunicatebefore
theycanuselanguage
Chaptersummary
Cluesforunderstanding
Facialexpressions
Cries,coosandgrunts
Infantspeechperception
Babbling
Thetransitiontolanguage
Firstwords
Gestures
Languageandgesture
Discussionofin-textexercises
Questionsfordiscussion
Someactivities
Solutionstoandcommentsondiscussionquestionsandactivities
Furtherreading
3Whendoeslanguagedevelopmentstart
Chaptersummary
What''sinaword
Meaningthroughwordandcontext
Earlyvocabulary
Semanticdescriptionsofearlyutterances
Argumentsforaricheraccountofearlyutterances
Tobeornottobealanguage
Discussionofin-textexercises
Questionsfordiscussion
Someactivities
Solutionstoandcommentsondiscussionquestionsandactivities
Furtherreading
4Howdoyoungchildrenthinklanguageworks
Chaptersummary
Lookingatchildren''slanguage
Analysingchildren''slanguage
Discussionofin-textexercises
Questionsfordiscussion
Someactivities
Solutionstoandcommentsondiscussionquestionsandactivities
Furtherreading
5Whatinfluenceslanguagedevelopment
Chaptersummary
Whatisinputandhowmuchisenough
Inputattherighttime:the''criticalperiod''
Isactivecommunicationnecessary
ThenatureofBabyTalk
ThevalueofBabyTalk
UniversalGrammar
Wordsaremorecunningthantheyleton
Discussionofin-textexercises
Questionsfordiscussion
Anactivity
Solutionstoandcommentsondiscussionquestionsandactivity
Furtherreading
6Doallchildrenlearnlanguagethesameway
Chaptersummary
Typesofvariation
Differentendpoints
Differencesinpathofdevelopment
Differencesinrateofdevelopment
Discussionofin-textexercises
Questionsfordiscussion
Someactivities
Solutionstoandcommentsondiscussionquestions
Furtherreading
7Doesitmatterwhichlanguage s youlearn
Chaptersummary
Introduction
Sowhat''ssoverydifferent,anyway
Aparametertheoryoflanguageacquisition
Howdochildrenbecomebilingual
Discussionofin-textexercises
Questionsfordiscussion
Someactivities
Solutionstoandcommentsondiscussionquestionsandactivities
Furtherreading
8Whendoeslanguagedevelopmentstop
Chaptersummary
Laterorallanguagedevelopment
Pragmaticaspectsoflaterlanguagedevelopment
Basicstepsinlearningtoread
Basicstepsinlearningtowrite
Metalinguisticdevelopment
Discussionofin-textexercises
Questionsfordiscussion
Someactivities
Solutionstoandcommentsondiscussionquestionsandactivities
Furtherreading
Appendix1Toolsforstudyingchildren''slanguage
Transcription
MeanLengthofUtterancecalculations
T-unitcalculations
Somedosanddon''tsofresearchdesign
Findingdata
Bulletinboards
Journalsinchildlanguage
Associations
Conferences
Furtherreading
Appendix2Phoneticsymbols
Consonants
Vowels
Othersymbols
Bibliography
Index
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