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Preface 1. Introduction I. THE EMERGENCE AND SOCIALIZATION OF THE SYMBOLIC FUNCTION 2. Representation, Language, and Infant Mentation Internal Representation 3. Development of the Symbolic Function 4. The Socialization of Verbal Symbols II. EARL Y SYNTAX 5. Aspects of Syntax 6. The Characteristics of Early Sentences 7. The Emergence and Early Development of Syntax III. THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPEECH AND MORPHOLOGY 8. The Nature of Speech 9. Development of Morphology 10. Development of Speech 11. Summary and Integration