The communicative competence of young children : a modular approach

Author(s)

• Foster, Susan H.

Bibliographic Information

The communicative competence of young children : a modular approach

Susan H. Foster

（Studies in language and linguistics / general editors, Geoffrey Leech & Mick Short）

Longman, 1990

• : hard
• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. 203-234

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

How children first acquire language is one of the central issues in linguistics. This book draws on a wide range of research, including work in developmental psychology, anthropology and sociology, to explore the processes behind child language acquisition to the preschool period.

Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Background Concepts. 2. Foundations of early communication. 3. Prelinguistic communicative competence and the early lexicon. 4. Communicating with language. 5. Explaining the development of communicative competence. 6. Studying child language. Further reading. Bibliography. Index.

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Details

• NCID: BA1122466X
• ISBN:
  • 0582061849
  • 0582552710
• LCCN: 89035998
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 238 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P118.4
  • DC20 : 401/.93
  • NDC8 : 801.04
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Communicative competence in children
  • LCSH : Language acquisition
  • LCSH : Children -- Language
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00247619