Bailment describes a legal relationship in common law where physical possession of personal property, or a chattel, is transferred from one person (the bailor) to another person (the bailee) who subsequently has possession of the property.
language acquisition. the process of learning a native or a second language. The acquisition of native languages is studied primarily by developmental psychologists and psycholinguists.
Language acquisition occurs through a number of stages: 1  Babbling: The first stage of language development is known as the prelinguistic, babbling or cooing stage.  Single Words: The second stage is known as the one-word or holophase stage of language development.