List of tables and figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. A brief history of child language research
Chapter 2. What does the child have to learn?
Chapter 3. Starting out: The social world of the child (1)
Chapter 4. Making sense of the chaos: Early words
Chapter 5. Combining words
Chapter 6. Adding complexity
Chapter 7. Putting it all into practice: The social world of the child (2)
Chapter 8. Theory, disorder, and socio-economic status
Glossary
Answers to exercises
Index
Glossary
Appendix: Answers to Exercises
Index
Biography
Carolyn Letts is a Visiting Fellow at Newcastle University, UK. She trained as a Speech & Language Therapist (SLT) and worked for many years in higher education as a lecturer in speech-language pathology with a focus on language acquisition and impairment in children. She is currently working as co-investigator on the Language Intervention in the Early Years (LIVELY) project.
