Child language : acquisition and growth
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Child language : acquisition and growth
(Cambridge textbooks in linguistics)
Cambridge University Press, 2006
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-372) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The remarkable way in which young children acquire language has long fascinated linguists and developmental psychologists alike. Language is a skill that we have essentially mastered by the age of three, and with incredible ease and speed, despite the complexity of the task. This accessible textbook introduces the field of child language acquisition, exploring language development from birth. Setting out the key theoretical debates, it considers questions such as what characteristics of the human mind make it possible to acquire language; how far acquisition is biologically programmed and how far it is influenced by our environment; what makes second language learning (in adulthood) different from first language acquisition; and whether the specific stages in language development are universal across languages. Clear and comprehensive, it is set to become a key text for all courses in child language acquisition, within linguistics, developmental psychology and cognitive science.
Table of Contents
- 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: towards an integrated theory of language acquisition.
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