Essential study guides for the future linguist. Language Development is an introduction to how we learn to speak, read and write. It is suitable for students at advanced level and beyond. Written with input from the Cambridge Corpus, it considers the theoretical approaches to language development from early childhood to teenager. Language Development explores the lifelong process of learning a language, as well as the social factors that affect it. Using activities to help explain analysis methods, this book guides students through major modern issues and concepts. It summarises key concerns...