TY - BOOK AU - Taylor,Orlando L. AU - Leonard,Laurence B. TI - Language acquisition across North America: cross-cultural and cross-linguistic perspectives SN - 1565938623 (softcover : alk. paper) AV - P118 .L2494 1998 U1 - 401.93 TAY L 21 PY - 1998///, c1999 CY - San Diego PB - Singular Pub. Group KW - Language acquisition KW - African American children KW - Language KW - North America KW - Languages N1 - 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 ER -