Lust, Barbara, 1941-

Child language : acquisition and growth / Barbara C. Lust. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. - xix, 389 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - Cambridge textbooks in linguistics .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-372) and indexes.

1. The growth of language; 2. What is acquired?; 3. What is the problem of language acquisition?; 4. How we can construct a theory of language acquisition; 5. Brain and language development; 6. The nature of nurture; 7. How can we tell what children know?: methods for the study of language acquisition; 8. The acquisition of phonology; 9. The acquisition of syntax; 10. The acquisition of semantics; 11. On the nature of language growth; 12. Conclusions: towards an integrated theory of language acquisition.

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GBA554498 bnb

013240069 Uk


Language acquisition--Research--Methodology.

P118.15 / .L87 2006

401.930 83 LUS