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Foster-Cohen, Susan H.         The Communicative Competence of Young Children : A Modular Approach / Susan H. Foster-Cohen . – London : Routledge, 2016         238p ; 13.8 x 1.5 x 21.6 cm         How children first acquire language is one of the central issues in linguistics. This book draws on a wide range of research, including work in developmental psychology, anthropology and sociology, to explore the processes behind child language acquisition to the preschool period.         Incorporating a wide range of research, including work in formal linguistics, psychology and anthropology, this exciting analysis examines the differing theoretical persuasions in the field of child language study, and the kinds of debates these differences have engendered.         ISBN9780582552715 : 695/-         1. Education