How children acquire language (original) (raw)

Abstract

Part I. Brief overview of the following topics: 1. What do we know about how children acquire language? - Stages in language acquisition - Cross-linguistic similarities and differences in language acquisition 2. How do we know how children acquire language? - Models and methods in research on child language - Monolingual and multilingual language acquisition 3. Why is it important to know how children acquire language? - Language acquisition, language use and language loss - Language acquisition and the nature of language Part II. Generalised discussion of any issues raised in Part I, and/or of any other topics of your interest about child language acquisition.

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