Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of Contributors vii
4. Preface ix
5. Introduction to early language development: Bridging brain and behavior xi
6. 1. The method of event-related brain potentials in the study of cognitive processes: A tutorial 1
7. 2. Event-related potential studies of early language processing at the phoneme, word, and sentence levels 23
8. 3. Behavioral and electrophysiological exploration of early word segmentation in French: Distinguishing the syllabic and lexical levels. 65
9. 4. Reflections on reflections of infant word recognition 91
10. 5. The onset of word form recognition: A behavioural and neurophysiological study 115
11. 6. Neurophysiological correlates of picture-word priming in one-year-olds 137
12. 7. The effects of early word learning on brain development 161
13. 8. From perception to grammar 191
14. 9. The development of syntactic brain correlates during the first years of life 215
15. 10. Language acquisition and ERP approaches: Prospects and challenges 233
16. Glossary 257
17. Index 261