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| Preface | |
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| A Connection of Brains | |
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| Separate but Related Processes | |
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| The Unique Characteristics of Human Speech | |
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| Speech: The Tale of Two Brains | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| References and Suggested Readings | |
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| Language Acquisition: A Theoretical Journey | |
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| Choosing Sides | |
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| The Behaviorist Interpretation | |
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| The Nativist Interpretation | |
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| The Generative Semantics Interpretation | |
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| The Cognitive Interpretation | |
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| The Information Processing Interpretation | |
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| The Pragmatics Revolution | |
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| The Social Interactionist Interpretation | |
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| And the Evolution Continues | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| References and Suggested Readings | |
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| Cognitive Development: Building a Foundation for Language | |
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| Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development | |
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| Vygotsky's Theory of Cognitive Development: A Sociocultural Perspective | |
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| The Perceptual Groundwork for Communication | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| References and Suggested Readings | |
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| In the Beginning: Communication Development from Birth to Two Years | |
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| From the Beginning, the Infant Communicates | |
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| Beyond Infancy: The Emergence of Language | |
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| State 1: From Words to Combinations of Words | |
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| Comprehension and Production: A Critical and Evolving Relationship | |
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| The Role of the Caregiver in the Acquisition of Early Language | |
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| A Brief Look Back and a Glimpse Forward | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| References and Suggested Readings | |
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| The Saga Continues: Language Development through the Preschool Years | |
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| Elaborating Structure and Refining Meaning | |
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| Producing Longer, More Adultlike Sentences | |
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| Elaboration by Embedding | |
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| Polishing the Act | |
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| Understanding Language: Cognition, Comprehension, and Production | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| References and Suggested Readings | |
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| Taking Language to School and into Adulthood | |
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| Bringing My Stuff to School: Pencils, Crayons, and Language | |
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| Language Development during the School Years: An Overview | |
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| Semantics: Vocabulary and Cognition Still Growing Together | |
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| Syntax and Morphology: Still Expanding and Acquiring | |
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| Pragmatic Development: Conversational Skills Continue to Improve | |
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| Metalinguistic Development during the School Years | |
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| Reading and Writing: New Applications of Language | |
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| Language in Adulthood: Changes and Challenges | |
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| And the Beat Goes On... | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| References and Suggested Readings | |
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| The Building Blocks of Speech | |
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| Describing Speech Sounds | |
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| Co-Articulation: The Mix of Sounds in the Making of Speech | |
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| The Landmarks of Phonological Development | |
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| Theories of Phonological Development | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| References and Suggested Readings | |
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| Language Diversity: Regional, Social/Cultural, and Gender Differences | |
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| What Is a Dialect? | |
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| What Is an Accent? | |
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| Regional Dialects | |
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| Social/Cultural Dialects | |
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| Cultural Diversity in the Public Schools | |
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| Gender Differences in Language | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| References and Suggested Readings | |
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| One Tongue-Two or More Languages | |
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| The Changing Face of America | |
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| What Does It Mean to Be Bilingual? | |
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| Bilingual Development-Different Views, Different Terminology | |
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| Cognition and Language Development in Bilingualism | |
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| Learning a Second Language-The Optimal Age | |
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| A Closer Look at Simultaneous Bilingualism | |
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| A Closer Look at Successive or Sequential Bilingualism | |
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| Stages of Language Development in Bilingual Children | |
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| Bilingualism-Good, Bad, or Inevitable? | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| References and Suggested Readings | |
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| Speech and Language Disorders | |
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| Falling Short of Normal Communication | |
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| Phonological Disorders | |
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| Language Impairments | |
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| Voice Disorders | |
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| Fluency Disorders | |
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| Final Thoughts | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| References and Suggested Readings | |
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| The Anatomical and Physiological Bases of Speech, Language, and Hearing | |
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| Speech as the Product of Borrowed Structures | |
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| The Four Processes of Speech | |
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| Respiration | |
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| Phonation | |
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| Resonation | |
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| Articulation | |
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| The Four Processes in Review | |
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| The Brain: The Computer Center for Speech and Language | |
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| The Ear: An Energy Transformer | |
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| The Complete Speech and Language Machine | |