Chiat, Shula.

Understanding children with language problems / Shula Chiat. - Oxford [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000. - xii, 286 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. - Cambridge approaches to linguistics .

Includes bibliographical references.

Acknowledgements; Glossary of text conventions and symbols; Introduction; Part I. Problems with Words: 1. What's in a word?; 2. The child's road to words; 3. Blocks on the road to words; 4. Exploring the blockage; 5. 'Dant always day dings': problems with phonology; 6. 'Stip' or 'step' or 'slip' or what?: problems with lexical processing; Part II. Grappling with Verb Structure: 7. Translating events; 8. Growing verb structures; 9. Shortfalls with verbs; 10. 'Thing out. Tip in there': problems with verb processing; Part III. Missing Function Morphemes: 11. Filling out sentences; 12. 'That one not working, see': problems with auxiliary verb processing; Part VI. Hidden Meanings, Baffling Meanings: 13. The roots of meaning; 14. '[ae] you don't tell nobody this?': strengths in pragmatic processing; 15. 'I can speak Chinese. But I can't speak Chinese': problems in pragmatic processing; Endpoint and springboard; Further reading; References; Index.

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Language disorders in children--Case studies.
Speech disorders in children--Case studies.
Children--Language.

RJ496.L35 / C46 2000

618.92855 CHI