Phonological development is sometimes seen as a process of learning sounds, or forming
phonological categories, and then combining sounds to build words, with the evidence …

In this groundbreaking book, Michael Tomasello presents a comprehensive usage-based
theory of language acquisition. Drawing together a vast body of empirical research in …

Group size covaries with relative neocortical volume in nonhuman primates. This regression
equation predicts a group size for modern humans very similar to that for hunter-gatherer …

This prospective longitudinal study examined the contribution of dimensions of maternal
responsiveness (descriptions, play, imitations) to the timing of five milestones in children's …

Recent studies of vocal development in infants have shed new light on old questions of how
the speech capacity is founded and how it may have evolved in the human species …

It contrasts data-based interactionist, cognitive models of phonological development with
earlier deductive behaviorist and structuralist accounts. Setting these models in current …

Paediatric speech and language therapists are challenged by diminished resources and
increasingly complex caseloads. The new edition addresses their concerns. Norms for …

Altogether 329 children participated in four longitudinal studies of specific and general
language performance cumulatively from 1; 1 to 6; 10. Data were drawn from age …

The composition of young children's vocabularies in 7 contrasting linguistic communities
was investigated. Mothers of 269 twenty‐month‐olds in Argentina, Belgium, France, Israel …

A theoretical sequence of cognitive developments is proposed as influencing
representational play and language in the second year of life. Scale analysis supported an …