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Language acquisition across North America : cross-cultural and cross-linguistic perspectives / edited by Orlando L. Taylor and Laurence Leonard. - San Diego : Singular Pub. Group, 1998, c1999. - xiv, 352 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Culture, rehabilitation, and education series .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword. Preface. Contributors. PART I: FOUNDATIONS. The Study Of Language Acquisition Across Languages. Cultural Issues And Language Acquisition. PART II: THE ACQUISITION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ENGLISH. The Acquisition Of African American English: Social-Cognitive And Cultural Factors. Semantic Development Of African American Children. Grammatical Acquisition Of African American English. PART III: BEYOND THE ACQUISITION OF ENGLISH: SOME REPRESENTATIVE LANGUAGES. The Acquisition Of Spanish. French Language Acquisition In North America. Acquiring Inuktitut. Acquisition Of Korean. Index.

ISBN: 1565938623 (softcover : alk. paper)

LCCN: 98028126

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Language acquisition.
African American children--Language.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
North America--Languages.

LC Class. No.: P118 / .L2494 1998

Dewey Class. No.: 401.93 TAY L

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WS 105.5.C8 / L2852 1998