First Language Acquisition: The Essential Readings

First Language Acquisition: The Essential Readings is a collection of pioneering classics that provide a framework for understanding current work in each of the basic areas of language acquisition: morphology, phonology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.

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• Collects classic works that provide the foundation for current research in the field of first language acquisition.
  
• Includes selections from Noam Chomsky, Jean Piaget, Eric Lenneberg and Roman Jakobson, as well as others who contributed groundbreaking discoveries, insights, concepts, and methods.
  
• Presents framework for understanding current work in each of the basic areas of language acquisition: morphology, phonology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.
  
• Provides valuable resource for students and scholars of language acquisition, cognitive development, and cognitive science.