Blurb:

1 Introduction
2 Language Games
2.1 Rules of Pig Latin
3 Parental Input
3.1 Overt Teaching
3.2 Indirect Teaching
Motherese
Questions about Motherese
4 The Role of Imitation and Repetition
5 Universals in Language Acquisition
6 Stages of Acquisition
6.1 Speech is Special
Vocalization
Cooing
Vocal Play
Babbling
One-word Stage
Two-word Stage
Telegraphic Stage
Multi-word Stage
7 Acquisition of Grammatical Markers
8 The Acquisition of Negation
9 Production versus Perception
10 Conclusion
References
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