Child and the World

The Child and the World! There is nothing more wonderfulto watch than a small child, 2 or 3 years old, speaking toits mother, holding a conversation with its mother. Itseems miraculous that in such a short period a child can reachso far in its use of this most precious of human possessions,language. In this book I consider how it is possible that a childcan acquire all the complexities of its pare...