1 Introduction
2 Acquisition:when I was a child ,I spoke as a child
‘…no language but a cry’
First words
The birth of grammar
Evidence for innateness
Childish creativity
3 Production:putting words in one's mouth
Conceptualization
Formulation
Articulation
Self-monitoring
4 Comprehension:understanding what we hear and read
The comprehension of sounds
The comprehension of words
The comprehension of sentences
The comprehension of texts
Comprehension concluded
5 Dissolution:laguage loss
Neurolinguistics and language loss
