Synopses & Reviews
Introduction to the study of childrenâs language difficulties, drawing widely on real-life examples.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements; Glossary of text conventions and symbols; Introduction; Part I. Problems with Words: 1. Whatâs in a word; 2.The child's road to words; 3. Blocks on the road to words; 4. Exploring the blockage; 5. âDant always day dingsâ: problems with phonology; 6. âStipâor âstepâor âslipâor what?: problems with lexical processing; Part II. Grappling with Verb Structure: 7. Translating events; 8. Growing verb structures; 9. Shortfalls with verbs; 10. âThing out. Tip in thereâ: problems with verb processing; Part III. Missing Bits and Pieces: 11. Filling out sentences; 12. âThat one not working, seeâ: problems with auxiliary verb processing; Part VI. Hidden Meanings, Baffling Meanings: 13. The roots of meaning; 14. â[ae] you donât tell nobody this?â: strengths in pragmatic processing; 15. âI can speak Chinese. But I canât speak Chineseâ: problems in pragmatic processing; Endpoint and springboard; Further reading; References; Index.