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Preface; Author's preface; SECTION 1; Survey; 1. Introduction; 2.Acquisition: when I was a child, I spoke as a child; '... no languagebut a cry'; First words; The birth of grammar; Evidence for innateness;Childish creativity; Stages of linguistic development; 3. Production:putting words in one's mouth; Conceptualization; Formulation;Articulation; Self-monitoring; 4. Comprehension: understanding what wehear and read; The comprehension of sounds; The comprehension of words;The comprehension of sentences; The comprehension of texts;Comprehension concluded; 5. Dissolution: language loss;Neurolinguistics and language loss; Speech and language disorders;Concluding summary; SECTION 2; Readings; SECTION 3; References; SECTION4; Glossary