Drawing on major research developments in the field, Vihman has updated and extensively revised the 1996 edition of her classic text to provide a thorough and stimulating overview of current studies of child production and perception and early word learning.

• Offers a full survey of the thinking on how babies develop phonological knowledge
• Provides a much needed update on the field - one in which this book remains unique, and in which there have also been dramatic developments since the publication of the first edition
• Surveys what has been learned about...