Focusing on children's language development, this volume outlines the various factors involved in the acquisition of language, including anatomy, speech production, the brain and speech and language development, articulation, hearing, and literacy development, as well as differences in language development in English learners and speakers of English dialects and theories of language development. Chapters on different stages of childhood outline the development of the components of morphology, phonology, semantics, syntax, pragmatics, and literacy. Additional speech-language-hearing and other specialists contribute to some chapters. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)