From First Words to Grammar

This book is a comprehensive study of how children pass from their first words to grammar.

Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Background: 1. Introduction; 2. Modules and mechanisms; 3. Individual differences and the correlational method; 4. Review of the individual differences literature; Part II. Individual Studies; Section 1. Overall Design of Longitudinal Study: 5. Study 1: comprehension and production at 10 and 13 months; 6. Study 2: the meaning of mean length of utterance at 20 months; 7. Study 3: lexical development and lexical style at 20 months; 8. Study 4. single- and multiword comprehension at 20 months; 9. Study 5: acquisition of a novel concept at 20 months; 10. Study 6: the meaning of mean length of utterance at 28 months; 11. Study 7. lexical development and lexical style at 28 months; 12. Study 8: morphological productivity at 28 months; 13. Study 9: lexical comprehension and the question of intelligence; 14. Study 10: grammatical comprehension at 28 months; Part III. A Summary View: 15. Study 11: a factor analytic approach; 16. Study 12: social contributions to individual differences; 17. Conclusion; References; Index; Subject Index.