Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Acquisition of Sound Systems -- 3 Morphological Development -- 4 The Acquisition of Syntax -- 5 Further Aspects of Syntactic and Semantic Development -- 6 Cognition, Environment and Language Learning -- 7 Performance Development -- Appendix 1: Methods in child language research -- Appendix 2: Resources for child language research -- Bibliography -- Index