Adults tend to take language for granted until they have to learn a new one.Then they realize how difficult it is to get the pronunciation right toacquire the ... » 

Adults tend to take language for granted until they have to learn a new one.Then they realize how difficult it is to get the pronunciation right toacquire the meaning of thousands of new words and to learn how those words areput together to form sentences. Children however have mastered languagebefore they can tie their shoes. In this engaging and accessible book WilliamOGrady explains how this happens discussing how children learn to produce anddistinguish among sounds their acquisition of words and meanings and theirmastery of the rules for building sentences. How Children Learn Languageprovides readers with a highly readable overview not only of the languageacquisition process itself but also of the ingenious experiments andtechniques that researchers use to investigate his mysterious phenomenon. Itwill be of great interest to anyone parent or student wishing to find outhow children acquire language. «