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This book provides an analysis of two theories of language acquisition: the theory that acquisition is primarily mediated by innate properties of language provi

The central assertion in this volume is that the young child uses general skills, scaffolded by adults, to acquire the complex knowledge of sound patterns and t

This volume is a collection of 13 chapters, each devoted to a particular issue that is crucial to our understanding of the way learners acquire, learn, and use

In this comprehensive introduction, Anne-Michelle Tessier examines how we acquire the sounds and sound patterns of language. Analyzing child speech patterns and

This is the first book-length study of phonological development and impairment of Chinese-speaking children. It provides the first normative data on this popula