The territory -- Describing language -- Neurological bases of speech and languae -- Cognitive, perceptual, and motor bases of early language and speech -- The social and communicative bases of early language and speech -- Language-learning and teaching processes and young children -- First words and word combinations in toddler talk -- Preschool pragmatic and semantic development -- Preschool development of language form -- Early school - age language development -- School-age literacy development -- Adolescent and adult language

1. Language acquisition