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Child Language : Acquisition and Growth.
Language is a skill that young children master with incredible ease and speed, and the remarkable way in which they achieve this has long fascinated linguists and developmental psychologists alike. This accessible new textbook introduces the field of child language acquisition, exploring language de...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | Cambridge textbooks in linguistics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The growth of language; 2 What is acquired?; 3 What is the problem of language acquisition?; 4 How we can construct a theory of language acquisition; 5 Brain and language development; 6 The nature of nurture; 7 How can we tell what children know? Methods for the study of language acquisition; 8 The acquisition of phonology; 9 The acquisition of syntax; 10 The acquisition of semantics; 11 On the nature of language growth.
- 12 Conclusions: toward integrated theory of language acquisitionAppendix 1 Developmental milestones in motor and language development (adapted from Lenneberg 1967, 128-130); Appendix 2a Developmental milestones in infant speech perception; Appendix 2b Examples of sound distinctions perceived by infants; Appendix 3 Developmental milestones in infant speech production; Appendix 4 Developmental milestones in infant syntax: perception; Appendix 5 Developmental miles.