Child language acquisition and growth

"This accessible textbook introduces the field of child language acquisition, exploring language development from birth into the early childhood years. Setting out the key theoretical debates, it considers questions such as what characteristics of the human mind make it possible to acquire lang...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lust, Barbara, 1941- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press 2006.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Cambridge textbooks in linguistics.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38405532*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The growth of language
  • What is acquired?
  • What is the problem of language acquisition?
  • How we can construct a theory of language acquisition
  • Brain and language development
  • The nature of nurture
  • How can we tell what children know? Methods for the study of language acquisition
  • The acquisition of phonology
  • The acquisition of syntax
  • The acquisition of semantics
  • On the nature of language growth
  • Conclusions: toward an integrated theory of language acquisition.