The development of language

Preface 1 The Development of Language: An Overview and a Preview Jean Berko Gleason, Boston University An Overview of the Course of Language Development The Biological Bases of Language The Structure of Language: Learning the System The Study of Language Development Summary Suggested Projects Suggested Readings Key Words References 2 Communication Development in Infancy Jacqueline Sachs, University of Connecticut The Expression of Communicative Intent Before Speech The Social Context of the Preverbal Infant Summary Suggested Projects Suggested Readings Key Words References 3 Phonological Development: Learning Sounds and Sound Patterns Lise Menn, University of Colorado Carol StoelGammon, University of Washington English Speech Sounds and Sound Patterns Infant Speech Perception Production: The Prelinguistic Period The Beginning of Phonological Development: Protowords Cognitive Approaches to the Acquisition of Phonology Learning to Pronounce Development after Three Years The Acquisition of English Morphophonology Parental Role in Phonological Development Summary Suggested Projects Suggested Readings Key Words References 4 Semantic Development Barbara Alexander Pan and Paola Uccelli, Harvard Graduate School of Education The Relations between Words and Their Referents Theoretical Perspectives on Semantic Development Early Words How Adult Speech Influences Children's Semantic Development Later Semantic Development Factors influencing children's vocabulary development Metalinguistic Development Summary Suggested Projects Suggested Readings Key Words References 5 Putting Words Together: Morphology and Syntax in the Preschool Years Helen Tager Flusberg, Boston University School of Medicine Andrea Zukowski, University of Maryland The Nature of Syntactic Rules Studying Syntactic Development Entering the Complex Linguistic System Measuring Syntactic Growth Two-Word Utterances Developing Grammatical Morphemes Different Sentence Modalities Later Developments in Preschoolers Beyond the Preschool Years Knowledge vs. Processing Summary Suggested Projects Suggested Readings Key Words References 6 Language in Social Contexts: Communicative Competence in the Preschool Years Judith Becker Bryant, University of South Florida Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Communicative Competence Language in Social Contexts The Difficulty of Acquiring Communicative Competence Influences on the Acquisition of Communicative Competence The Significance of Communicative Competence Summary Suggested Projects Suggested Readings Key Words References 7 Theoretical Approaches to Language Development John N. Bohannon III, Butler University John D. Bonvillian, University of Virginia Behavioral Approaches Evaluation of the Behavioral Approaches Linguistic Approaches Evaluation of the Linguistic Approach Interactionist Approaches Summary and New Directions Suggested Projects Suggested Readings Key Words References 8 Individual Differences in Language Development Beverly A. Goldfield, Rhode Island College Catherine E. Snow, Harvard Graduate School of Education The History of Individual Differences in Child Language Research Individual Differences in Early Words Segmenting the Speech Stream Individual Differences in Early Sentences Stability of Individual Differences Sources of Variation Context: The Interaction of Child, Caregiver, and Language Implications of Individual Differences for a Theory of Language Acquisition Summary Suggested Projects Suggested Readings Key Words References 9 Atypical Language Development Nan Bernstein Ratner, University of Maryland at College Park Communicative Development and Severe Hearing Impairment Intellectual Disability and Communicative Development Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)/Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) Specific Language Impairment Atypical Speech Development Evaluation of Suspected Speech and Language Disorders in Children Summary Suggested Projects Suggested Readings Key Words References 10 Language Development in the School Years Gigliana Melzi, New York University Richard Ely, Boston University Interactions with Peers Metalinguistic Development in the School Years Literacy Experiences at Home Reading Writing Bilingualism Summary Suggested Projects Suggested Readings Key Words References 11 Language in Adulthood Loraine K. Obler, City University of New York Language in Adulthood The Language of Peer and Social Groups Language at Work Second Language Acquisition in Adulthood Acquisition of Adult Registers Language Development in Advanced Age Adult Language and Brain Damage Summary Suggested Projects Suggested Readings Key Words References Glossary Index