This book examines the role of experience-based learning on children’s acquisition of language and concepts. It reviews, compares, and contrasts accounts of h

Psycholinguist Boysson-Bardies presents a broad picture of language development, from foetal development to the toddler years. She addresses questions of partic

In recent years the field has seen an increasing realisation that the full complexity of language acquisition demands theories that (a) explain how children int

The remarkable way in which young children acquire language has long fascinated linguists and developmental psychologists alike. Language is a skill that we hav