Owens, Robert E.,  Jr.,  1944- <br/><br/>
Language development :  an introduction / 
Robert E. Owens, Jr. 
 - Tenth edition. 
 - ix, 486 pages  
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>The territory -- Describing language -- Neurological bases of speech and language -- Cognitive, perceptual, and motor bases of early language and speech -- The social and communicative bases of early language and speech -- Language-learning and teaching processes and young children -- First words and word combinations in toddler talk -- Preschool pragmatic and semantic development -- Preschool development of language form -- Early school-age language development -- School-age literacy development -- Adolescent and adult language. 
<br/><br/> "There is no single way in which children learn to communicate. Each child follows an individual developmental pattern just as you did. Still, it is possible to describe a pattern of general communication development and of English specifically. This text attempts such descriptions and generalizations but emphasizes individual patterns, too"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780135206485 0133810364 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2018041386 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Language acquisition.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P118  / .O93 2019 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>401.93 OWE