Foundations. The concept of communicative competence / Gert Rickheit, Hans Strohner, and Constanze Vorwerg -- Acquisition. Language and neurophysiological development / Ralph-Axel Muجˆller, Erica Palmer -- Cognitive foundations / Katharina J. Rohlfing -- First utterances / Holly L. Storkel -- Discourse acquisition / Clair Pond, Michael Siegal -- Literacy acquisition and its precursors / Pekka Niemi -- Sign language acquisition / Vivian Gramley -- Adult competence. Speaking and listening / Thomas Holtgraves -- Writing and reading / Elke Prestin -- Nonverbal communicative competence / Nancy M. Puccinelli -- Media competence / Daniel Perrin and Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow -- Competence training. Communication training / Annette Lepschy -- Coping with the needs of presentation / Mike Allen, Nancy Burrell, and John Bourhis -- Training of writing and reading / Eva-Maria Jakobs and Daniel Perrin -- Language therapy. Developmental dyslexia: A developmental neurolinguistic approach