Chapter 3
Monolingual development and processing in children and adults
Article outline
- 3.Introduction
- 3.1Phonetics and phonology
- 3.1.1Early sound perception
- 3.1.1.1Categorical discrimination and VOT
- 3.1.1.2Segmentation of the speech stream
- 3.1.2Adult processing of sounds: Neural correlates
- 3.2Lexicon
- 3.2.1Early word segmentation and recognition
- 3.2.1.1Language in year one
- 3.2.1.2Early word learning
- 3.2.2Word retrieval in adults
- 3.2.2.1Perception and production of vocabulary
- 3.2.2.2Neural correlates of word retrieval
- 3.3Morphology
- 3.3.1Early morphological knowledge
- 3.3.2Adult processing and neural correlates of morphology
- 3.4Syntax
- 3.4.1L1 acquisition of syntax
- 3.4.1.1Early development of processing
- 3.4.1.2Childhood sensitivity to syntax
- 3.4.1.3Pronominal reference
- 3.4.2Adult processing and neural correlates of syntax
- 3.4.2.1Word order: Object and subject relative clauses
- 3.4.2.2Pronouns
- 3.5Conclusion