Kyra Karmiloff is a writer based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. She has worked as a researcher at the Centre for Speech, Language, and the Brain, University of Cambridge, and as a volunteer at University College London’s Lifespan Learning and Sleep Lab. Annette Karmiloff-Smith (1938–2016) was Professorial Research Fellow in the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development at Birkbeck, University of London.

• Preface 1. What Is Language Acquisition? 2. Experimental Paradigms for Studying Language Acquisition 3. Speech Perception in and out of the Womb 4. Learning about the Meaning of Words 5. Becoming a Grammatical Being 6. Beyond the Sentence 7. Atypical Language Development 8. Rethinking the Nature-Nurture Debate Further Readings Index

A timely, clear, and valuable book, which offers a masterful overview of the many passionately held positions on the origins and development of language.

Kyra Karmiloff is a writer based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. She has worked as a researcher at the Centre for Speech, Language, and the Brain, University of Cambridge, and as a volunteer at University College London’s Lifespan Learning and Sleep Lab. Annette Karmiloff-Smith (1938–2016) was Professorial Research Fellow in the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development at Birkbeck, University of London.

• Preface 1. What Is Language Acquisition? 2. Experimental Paradigms for Studying Language Acquisition 3. Speech Perception in and out of the Womb 4. Learning about the Meaning of Words 5. Becoming a Grammatical Being 6. Beyond the Sentence 7. Atypical Language Development 8. Rethinking the Nature-Nurture Debate Further Readings Index

A timely, clear, and valuable book, which offers a masterful overview of the many passionately held positions on the origins and development of language.

Kyra Karmiloff is a writer based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. She has worked as a researcher at the Centre for Speech, Language, and the Brain, University of Cambridge, and as a volunteer at University College London’s Lifespan Learning and Sleep Lab. Annette Karmiloff-Smith (1938–2016) was Professorial Research Fellow in the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development at Birkbeck, University of London.

• Preface 1. What Is Language Acquisition? 2. Experimental Paradigms for Studying Language Acquisition 3. Speech Perception in and out of the Womb 4. Learning about the Meaning of Words 5. Becoming a Grammatical Being 6. Beyond the Sentence 7. Atypical Language Development 8. Rethinking the Nature-Nurture Debate Further Readings Index

A timely, clear, and valuable book, which offers a masterful overview of the many passionately held positions on the origins and development of language.