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An Introduction to Child Language Development (Hardcover)
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An Introduction to Child Language Development (Hardcover)
Series: Learning about Language
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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 single approach is unlikely to lead to
productive understanding. Susan Foster-Cohen explores a range of
issues, including the nature of prelinguistic communication and its
possible relationship to linguistic development; early stages of
language development and how they can be viewed in the light of
later developments; the nature and role of children's experience
with the language(s) around them; variations in language
development due to both pathological and non-pathological
differences between children, and (in the latter case) between the
languages they learn; later oral language development; and
literacy. The approach is distinctly psycholinguistic and
linguistic rather than sociolinguistic, although there is
significant treatment of issues which intersect with more
sociolinguistic concerns (e.g. literacy, language play, and
bilingualism). There are exercises and discussion questions
throughout, designed to reinforce the ideas being presented, as
well as to offer the student the opportunity to think beyond the
text to ideas at the cutting edge of research. The accessible
presentation of key issues will appeal to the intended
undergraduate readership, and will be of interest to those taking
courses in language development, linguistics, developmental
psychology, educational linguistics, and speech pathology. The book
will also serve as a useful introduction to students wishing to
pursue post-graduate courses which deal with child language
development.
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