Language Acquisition [electronic resource] /
Foster-Cohen, Susan.author.
Foster-Cohen, Susan H.,1954-
This book provides a snapshot of the field of language acquisition at the beginning of the 21st Century. It represents the multiplicity of approaches that characterize the field and provides a review of current topics and debates, as well as addressing some of the connections between sub-fields and possible future directions for research.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Word learning and the origins of phonological systems / Marilyn Vihman -- Cracking the language code : processing strategies in first language acquisition / Ann M. Peters -- The inevitability of child directed speech / Matthew Saxton -- Universal grammar approaches to language acquisition / Maria Teresa Guasti -- Second language acquisition / Susan Gass -- Language and the many faces of emotion / Judy S. Reilly -- Complements enable representation of the contents of false beliefs : the evolution of a theory of theory of mind / Jill G. De Villiers and Peter A. de Villiers -- Going beyond semantics : the development of pragmatic enrichment / Nausicaa Pouscoulous and Ira A. Noveck -- The acquisition of phrasal vocabulary / Koenraad Kuiper, Georgie Columbus and Norbert Schmitt -- Language development in simultaneous bilingual children / Natascha Müller -- Universals and cross-linguistic variability in children's discourse / Maya Hickmann -- Trends in research on narrative development / Ruth A. Berman -- Family literacy activities : what is, what ought to be and the role of parents' ideas / Stuart McNaughton, Meaola Amituanai-Toloa and 'Ema Wolfgramm-Foliaki.
This book provides a snapshot of the field of language acquisition at the beginning of the 21st Century. It represents the multiplicity of approaches that characterize the field and provides a review of current topics and debates, as well as addressing some of the connections between sub-fields and possible future directions for research.
Language and languages-Study and teaching.
Linguistics.
Language and education.
Cognitive psychology.
Psycholinguistics.
Applied linguistics.
Language Teaching.
Linguistics, general.
Language Education.
Cognitive Psychology.
Psycholinguistics.
Applied Linguistics.