consensus and controversy Cattell, N. R. creator text bibliography enk London New York Cassell 2000 monographic eng

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x, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Getting to rub two words together - getting started with language; catching fire - starting to make fast progress; do we teach children to speak?; learning through touching and feeling; what goes on in the mind? - mentalism as a school of thought; a look at Chomsky's theories - some of Chomsky's work on language acquisition; do we help children to speak? - "motherese" or child-directed speech; learning how to mean; the two halves of the brain - their functions in relation to language; the bounds of language acquisition - what is and what isn't natural language acquisition?; "bootstrapping" - fascinating linguistic capacities of very young babies; the best of both worlds - the work of Annette Karmiloff-Smith; conclusion - drawing the threads together. Ray Cattell. Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-272) and index. Language acquisition P118 .C384 2000 401.930 83 CAT 0304706817 (pb) 99038234 DLC 990625 20190912171446.0 1686851