Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CONVENTIONS -- THE INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET (revised to 2005) -- 1 UNIVERSAL PATTERNS -- 2 STRATEGIES -- 3 LINGUISTIC MODELS -- 4 THE EARLIEST STAGES -- 5 NON- LINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVES -- 6 TOWARDS PRODUCTION -- 7 PATTERNS WITHIN PATTERNS -- 8 CONCLUDING REMARKS -- Appendix 1 DATA SOURCE LIST FOR CHAPTER 1 -- Appendix 2 SOME DEFINITIONS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX