The Language of Early Childhood, Vol. 4 Book

Pt. 1	Infancy and protolanguage	3
1	Representing the child as a semiotic being (one who means)	6
2	Learning how to mean	28
3	Early language learning : a sociolinguistic approach	60
4	A sociosemiotic perspective on language development	90
5	The meaning and the construction of reality in early childhood	113
6	The ontogenesis of dialogue	144
Pt. 2	Transition from child tongue to mother tongue	155
7	Into the adult language	157
8	The contribution of developmental linguistics to the interpretation of language as a system	196
9	On the transition from child tongue to mother tongue	209
10	A systemic-functional interpretation of the nature and ontogenesis of dialogue	226
11	The place of dialogue in children's construction of meaning	250
Pt. 3	Early language and learning	267
12	Relevant models of language	269
13	The social context of language development	281
14	Three aspects of children's language development : learning language, learning through language, learning about language	308
15	Towards a language-based theory of learning	327
16	Grammar and the construction of educational knowledge	353