Into the Mother Tongue

Clare Painter is an Honorary Associate in Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia.

• Foreword M.A.K. HallidayIntroduction1 Developmental Research Since the 1960s: Non-Systemic Approaches2 Systemic Theory3 Data4 The Protolanguage5 Into Phase II: From Protolanguage to Transition6 Eighteen to Nineteen and A Half Months7 Nineteen and A Half Month to Twenty-One Months8 Twenty-One to Twenty-Two and A Half Months9 Twenty-Two and A Half to Twenty-Four Months10 Concluding SummaryAppendix: Selected Developments, 24-27 MonthsBibliographyIndex