Julia Gillen,
Open University, UK

The Language of Children:

• introduces the key theories of language acquisition and provides a historical overview of the subject
• looks at all the ways children learn to communicate, from writing and talking to playing and using computers
• includes a wide variety of real texts and data, from records of childrens first words to children's hand-written stories and emails
• explores the language of children from a range of backgrounds and abilities, including deaf and bilingual children
• is user-friendly and accessible, and provides a full glossary.