Prosodic development is increasingly recognized as a fundamental stepping stone in first language acquisition. Prosodic sensitivity starts developing very early

Pragmatic development is increasingly seen as the foundation stone of language acquisition more generally. From very early on, children demonstrate a strong des

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In this final volume in the series, the contributors attempt to "expand the contexts" in which child language has been examined crosslinguistically. The chapter