"Little Words" is an interdisciplinary examination of the functions and change in the use of clitics, pronouns, determiners, conjunctions, discourse particles, auxiliary/light verbs, prepositions, and other little words that have played a central role in linguistic theory and in language acquisition research. Leading scholars present advanced research in phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse function, historical development, variation, and acquisition by children and adults.
As he goes about his daily activities, a little boy compares some of the situations that make him big or little. Sometimes Matthew feels little and sometimes Matthew feels B I G!! This classic story from acclaimed children's writer, Kathy Stinson, will delight young children, and show them that, big or little, they're all special in their own way.
It's not fair! All Little Owl wants is to go to bed at a reasonable hour, like his friends do. But no ... Mama and Papa say little owls have to stay up late and play. So Little Owl spends all night jumping on his bed, playing on the jungle gym, and doing tricks on his skateboard - but he's hooting mad about it! Children who have a hard time going to bed will love this fun twist on the universal dilemma.
