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1 online resource (249 pages) |
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Learning about language |
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Learning about language.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface: How to use this book; Acknowledgements; 1 What do children bring to the language acquisition task?; Chapter summary; Introduction; Two different approaches; Competence versus performance; Some recurring questions; Some premises; Questions for discussion; An activity; Further reading; 2 How do children communicate before they can use language?; Chapter summary; Clues for understanding; Facial expressions; Cries, coos and grunts; Infant speech perception; Babbling; The transition to language; First words; Gestures; Language and gesture |
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Discussion of in-text exercisesQuestions for discussion; Some activities; Solutions to and comments on discussion questions and activities; Further reading; 3 When does language development start?; Chapter summary; What's in a word?; Meaning through word and context; Early vocabulary; Semantic descriptions of early utterances; Arguments for a richer account of early utterances; To be or not to be a language; Discussion of in-text exercises; Questions for discussion; Some activities; Solutions to and comments on discussion questions and activities; Further reading |
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4 How do young children think language works?Chapter summary; Looking at children's language; Analysing children's language; Discussion of in-text exercises; Questions for discussion; Some activities; Solutions to and comments on discussion questions and activities; Further reading; 5 What influences language development?; Chapter summary; What is input and how much is enough?; Input at the right time: the 'critical period'; Is active communication necessary?; The nature of Baby Talk; The value of Baby Talk; Universal Grammar; Words are more cunning than they let on |
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Discussion of in-text exercisesQuestions for discussion; An activity; Solutions to and comments on discussion questions and activity; Further reading; 6 Do all children learn language the same way?; Chapter summary; Types of variation; Different endpoints; Differences in path of development; Differences in rate of development; Discussion of in-text exercises; Questions for discussion; Some activities; Solutions to and comments on discussion questions; Further reading; 7 Does it matter which language(s) you learn?; Chapter summary; Introduction; So what's so very different, anyway? |
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A parameter theory of language acquisitionHow do children become bilingual?; Discussion of in-text exercises; Questions for discussion; Some activities; Solutions to and comments on discussion questions and activities; Further reading; 8 When does language development stop?; Chapter summary; Later oral language development; Pragmatic aspects of later language development; Basic steps in learning to read; Basic steps in learning to write; Metalinguistic development; Discussion of in-text exercises; Questions for discussion; Some activities |
| Summary |
This volume introduces the field of child language development studies, and presents hypotheses in an accessible, largely non-technical language, aiming to demonstrate the relationship between these hypotheses and interpretations of data. It makes the assumption that having a theory of language development is as important as having reliable data about what children say and understand, and it advocates a combination of both ̀€rationalist' and more 'empiricist' traditions. In fact, the author overtly argues that different traditions provide different pieces of the picture, and that taking any sin |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Solutions to and comments on discussion questions and activities |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Language acquisition.
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Language Development
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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Language acquisition
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317896241 |
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1317896246 |
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