TY - BOOK AU - Gleason,Jean Berko TI - The development of language SN - 0205394140 [hardbound] PY - 2005/// CY - Boston PB - Pearson/Allyn and Bacon KW - Language acquisition KW - Psycholinguistics KW - Sociolinguistics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: 1 The Development of language: an overview and a preview -- 2 Communication development in infancy -- 3 Phonological development: learning sounds and sound patterns -- 4 Semantic development: learning the meaning of words -- 5 Putting words together: morphology and syntax in the preschool years -- 6 Language in social contexts: communicative competence in the preschool years -- 7 Theoretical approaches to language acquisition -- 8 Individual differences: implications for the study of language acquisition -- 9 A typical language development -- 10 Language and literacy in the school years -- 11 Developments in the adult years; Adult ER -