| Description |
1 online resource (257 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 The Study; Chapter 2 Measures of Development; Chapter 3 From the Beginnings: The First Year; Chapter 4 The Development of a First Lexicon: The Second Year; Chapter 5 The Development of Expertise: The Third Year; Chapter 6 Mother-Child Communication Interaction; Chapter 7 Summary and Implications; Appendix A Parents' Lexical Diary-Description and Coding Materials; Appendix B Multiword Comprehension Test; Appendix C Definitions of Semantic Categories; Appendix D Functions of Language in Mothers' Speech |
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Appendix E Three-Part Comprehension TestAppendix F Speech Discrimination; Appendix G Vocal Turntaking-Transcription Rules; Appendix H Measurement and Coding Rules of Speech; Appendix I Mothers' Requests for Nonverbal Action Coding Sheet; References; Author Index; Subject Index |
| Summary |
Designed to provide practical information to those who are concerned with the development of young children, this book has three goals. First, the authors offer details about patterns of language development over the first three years of life. Although intensive studies have been carried out by examining from one to 20 children in the age range of zero to three years, there has been no longitudinal study of a sample as large as this--53 children--nor have as many measures of language development been obtained from the same children. Examining language development from a broad perspective in th |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Liebergott, Jacqueline W
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Schultz, Martin C
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| ISBN |
9781317779964 |
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1317779967 |
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