A comprehensive introduction to child language acquisition that outlines the most influential findings, discusses fiercely debated topics and poses outstanding questions for the future.

Caroline Rowland is Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Liverpool. Her research focuses on how children acquire language, with a particular interest in grammar and in assessing how the child's environment promotes and shapes language growth. She is a series editor for the Trends in Language Acquisition (TiLAR) book series and an associate editor for the Journal of Child Language.

Chapter 1: Introduction to language acquisition
Chapter 2: Learning the sounds of the language
Chapter 3: Learning words
Chapter 4: Learning morphology
Chapter 5: Learning syntax
Chapter 6: Learning to communicate
Chapter 7: Learning more than one language - multilingualism
Chapter 8: Explaining individual differences
Chapter 9: The search for language universals
Index