SECTION 1
Survey 1
SECTION 2
1 Introduction 3
SECTION 3
SECTION 4
2 Acquisition：when I was a child，I spoke as a child‘...no language but a cry’ 8
ContentsPreface 9
Firstwords 11
Author's preface 12
The birth of grammar 13
Evidence for innateness 17
Childish creativity 19
Stages of linguistic development 22
3 Production：putting words in one's mouthConceptualization 27
Formulation 29
Articulation 41
Self-monitoring 45
4 Comprehension：understanding what we hear and readThe comprehension of sounds 50
The comprehension of words 55
The comprehension of sentences 59
The comprehension of texts 66
Comprehension concluded 68
5 Dissolution：language loss 70
Neurolinguistics and language loss 70
Speech and language disorders 80
Concluding summary 87
Readings 91
References 115
Glossary 123