The development of language / [edited by] Jean Berko Gleason, Nan Bernstein Ratner.

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TextPublication details: Boston : Pearson, c2009.Edition: 7th edDescription: xiii, 513 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780205593033 (pbk.)
0205593038 (pbk.)

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Language acquisition

DDC classification:

401.93 GLE 22

LOC classification:

P118 .D44 2009

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Table of contents only

Contents:

Preface 1 The Development of Language: An Overview and a Preview Jean Berko Gleason, Boston University An Overview of the Course of Language Development ; The Biological Bases of Language ; The Structure of Language: Learning the System ; The Study of Language Development ; Summary ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References 2 Communication Development in Infancy Jacqueline Sachs, University of Connecticut The Expression of Communicative Intent Before Speech ; The Social Context of the Preverbal Infant ; Summary ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References 3 Phonological Development: Learning Sounds and Sound Patterns Lise Menn, University of Colorado Carol StoelGammon, University of Washington English Speech Sounds and Sound Patterns ; Infant Speech Perception ; Production: The Prelinguistic Period ; The Beginning of Phonological Development: Protowords ; Cognitive Approaches to the Acquisition of Phonology ; Learning to Pronounce ; Development after Three Years ; The Acquisition of English Morphophonology ; Parental Role in Phonological Development ; Summary ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References 4 Semantic Development Barbara Alexander Pan and Paola Uccelli, Harvard Graduate School of Education The Relations between Words and Their Referents ; Theoretical Perspectives on Semantic Development ; Early Words ; How Adult Speech Influences Children's Semantic Development ; Later Semantic Development ; Factors influencing children's vocabulary development; Metalinguistic Development; Summary ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References 5 Putting Words Together: Morphology and Syntax in the Preschool Years Helen Tager Flusberg, Boston University School of Medicine Andrea Zukowski, University of Maryland The Nature of Syntactic Rules; Studying Syntactic Development ; Entering the Complex Linguistic System; Measuring Syntactic Growth ; Two-Word Utterances; Developing Grammatical Morphemes ; Different Sentence Modalities ; Later Developments in Preschoolers; Beyond the Preschool Years ; Knowledge vs. Processing; Summary; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words; References 6 Language in Social Contexts: Communicative Competence in the Preschool Years Judith Becker Bryant, University of South Florida Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Communicative Competence ; Language in Social Contexts ; The Difficulty of Acquiring Communicative Competence ; Influences on the Acquisition of Communicative Competence ; The Significance of Communicative Competence ; Summary ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References 7 Theoretical Approaches to Language Development John N. Bohannon III, Butler University John D. Bonvillian, University of Virginia Behavioral Approaches ; Evaluation of the Behavioral Approaches ; Linguistic Approaches ; Evaluation of the Linguistic Approach ; Interactionist Approaches ; Summary and New Directions ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References 8 Individual Differences in Language Development Beverly A. Goldfield, Rhode Island College Catherine E. Snow, Harvard Graduate School of Education The History of Individual Differences in Child Language Research ; Individual Differences in Early Words ; Segmenting the Speech Stream ; Individual Differences in Early Sentences ; Stability of Individual Differences ; Sources of Variation ; Context: The Interaction of Child, Caregiver, and Language ; Implications of Individual Differences for a Theory of Language Acquisition ; Summary ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References 9 Atypical Language Development Nan Bernstein Ratner, University of Maryland at College Park Communicative Development and Severe Hearing Impairment ; Intellectual Disability and Communicative Development ; Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)/Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) ; Specific Language Impairment ; Atypical Speech Development ; Evaluation of Suspected Speech and Language Disorders in Children ; Summary ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References 10 Language Development in the School Years Gigliana Melzi, New York University Richard Ely, Boston University Interactions with Peers; Metalinguistic Development in the School Years ; Literacy Experiences at Home ; Reading ; Writing ; Bilingualism ; Summary ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References 11 Language in Adulthood Loraine K. Obler, City University of New York Language in Adulthood; The Language of Peer and Social Groups ; Language at Work ; Second Language Acquisition in Adulthood ; Acquisition of Adult Registers ; Language Development in Advanced Age ; Adult Language and Brain Damage ; Summary ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References Glossary Index

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preface

1 The Development of Language: An Overview and a Preview

Jean Berko Gleason, Boston University

An Overview of the Course of Language Development ; The Biological Bases of Language ; The Structure of Language: Learning the System ; The Study of Language Development ;

Summary ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References

2 Communication Development in Infancy

Jacqueline Sachs, University of Connecticut

The Expression of Communicative Intent Before Speech ; The Social Context of the Preverbal Infant ; Summary ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References

3 Phonological Development: Learning Sounds and Sound Patterns

Lise Menn, University of Colorado

Carol StoelGammon, University of Washington

English Speech Sounds and Sound Patterns ; Infant Speech Perception ; Production: The Prelinguistic Period ; The Beginning of Phonological Development: Protowords ; Cognitive Approaches to the Acquisition of Phonology ; Learning to Pronounce ; Development after Three Years ; The Acquisition of English Morphophonology ; Parental Role in Phonological Development ; Summary ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References

4 Semantic Development

Barbara Alexander Pan and Paola Uccelli, Harvard Graduate School of Education

The Relations between Words and Their Referents ; Theoretical Perspectives on Semantic Development ; Early Words ; How Adult Speech Influences Children's Semantic Development ; Later Semantic Development ; Factors influencing children's vocabulary development; Metalinguistic Development; Summary ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References

5 Putting Words Together: Morphology and Syntax in the Preschool Years

Helen Tager Flusberg, Boston University School of Medicine

Andrea Zukowski, University of Maryland

The Nature of Syntactic Rules; Studying Syntactic Development ; Entering the Complex Linguistic System; Measuring Syntactic Growth ; Two-Word Utterances; Developing Grammatical Morphemes ; Different Sentence Modalities ; Later Developments in Preschoolers; Beyond the Preschool Years ; Knowledge vs. Processing; Summary; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words; References

6 Language in Social Contexts: Communicative Competence in the Preschool Years

Judith Becker Bryant, University of South Florida

Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Communicative Competence ; Language in Social Contexts ; The Difficulty of Acquiring Communicative Competence ; Influences on the Acquisition of Communicative Competence ; The Significance of Communicative Competence ; Summary ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References

7 Theoretical Approaches to Language Development

John N. Bohannon III, Butler University

John D. Bonvillian, University of Virginia

Behavioral Approaches ; Evaluation of the Behavioral Approaches ; Linguistic Approaches ; Evaluation of the Linguistic Approach ; Interactionist Approaches ; Summary and New Directions ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References

8 Individual Differences in Language Development

Beverly A. Goldfield, Rhode Island College

Catherine E. Snow, Harvard Graduate School of Education

The History of Individual Differences in Child Language Research ; Individual Differences in Early Words ; Segmenting the Speech Stream ; Individual Differences in Early Sentences ; Stability of Individual Differences ; Sources of Variation ; Context: The Interaction of Child, Caregiver, and Language ; Implications of Individual Differences for a Theory of Language Acquisition ; Summary ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References

9 Atypical Language Development

Nan Bernstein Ratner, University of Maryland at College Park

Communicative Development and Severe Hearing Impairment ; Intellectual Disability and Communicative Development ; Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)/Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) ; Specific Language Impairment ; Atypical Speech Development ; Evaluation of Suspected Speech and Language Disorders in Children ; Summary ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References

10 Language Development in the School Years

Gigliana Melzi, New York University

Richard Ely, Boston University

Interactions with Peers; Metalinguistic Development in the School Years ; Literacy Experiences at Home ; Reading ; Writing ; Bilingualism ; Summary ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References

11 Language in Adulthood

Loraine K. Obler, City University of New York

Language in Adulthood; The Language of Peer and Social Groups ; Language at Work ; Second Language Acquisition in Adulthood ; Acquisition of Adult Registers ; Language Development in Advanced Age ; Adult Language and Brain Damage ; Summary ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References

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