Blackwell handbook of language development
Blackwell handbook of language development
/ edited by Erika Hoff and Marilyn Shatz
- xii, 502 pages : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
On the development of the field of language development Part I. Basic foundations and theoretical approaches to language development The neurodevelopmental bases of language Formal and computational constraints on language development Domain-general learning capacities How inherently social is language? Input and the acquisition of language : three questions The emergence of language : a dynamical systems account Part II. Language development in infancy Experiential influences on speech perception and speech production in infancy Acquiring linguistic structure Cognitive processes in early word learning Syntactic supports for word learning Part III. Language development in early childhood Phonological development Mechanisms of word learning The abstract nature of syntactic representation : consequences for a theory of learning Conversational understanding in young children Bilingual first language acquisition Part IV. Language development after early childhood Developing linguistic knowledge and language use across adolescence Language and literacy in bilingual children in the early school years Second language acquisition in childhood Part V. Atypical language development Children with specific language impairment : bridging the genetic and developmental perspectives Atypical language development : autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders Reading and reading disorders
9781405194594
Language acquisition
401.93
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
On the development of the field of language development Part I. Basic foundations and theoretical approaches to language development The neurodevelopmental bases of language Formal and computational constraints on language development Domain-general learning capacities How inherently social is language? Input and the acquisition of language : three questions The emergence of language : a dynamical systems account Part II. Language development in infancy Experiential influences on speech perception and speech production in infancy Acquiring linguistic structure Cognitive processes in early word learning Syntactic supports for word learning Part III. Language development in early childhood Phonological development Mechanisms of word learning The abstract nature of syntactic representation : consequences for a theory of learning Conversational understanding in young children Bilingual first language acquisition Part IV. Language development after early childhood Developing linguistic knowledge and language use across adolescence Language and literacy in bilingual children in the early school years Second language acquisition in childhood Part V. Atypical language development Children with specific language impairment : bridging the genetic and developmental perspectives Atypical language development : autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders Reading and reading disorders
9781405194594
Language acquisition
401.93