Julia (Lancaster University, UK) Gillen 
The Language of Children [PDF ebook] 

The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies. Working with Texts: A Core Introduction to Language Analysis (second edition, 2001) is the foundation text, which is complemented by a range of ”satellite” titles. These provide students with hands-on practical experience of textual analysis through special topics and can be used individually or in conjunction with Working with Texts.
The Language of Children:

• introduces the key theories of language acquisition and provides a historical overview of the subject


• looks at all the ways children learn to communicate, from writing and talking to playing and using computers


• includes a wide variety of real texts and data, from records of childrens first words to children”s hand-written stories and emails


• explores the language of children from a range of backgrounds and abilities, including deaf and bilingual children


• is user-friendly and accessible, and provides a full glossary.