num_pages: 528
description: This best-selling book addresses language variations among children, new advances in linguistics and neurology, and the importance of literacy, as well the impact of these issues on our understanding of individual development. In addition, this clearly written and comprehensive book features sections on culturally and linguistically diverse children to reflect the realities of schools in the United States. Developed within a practical framework, Language An Introduction examines every aspect of syntax, morphology, semantics, phonology, and pragmatics. New features to this edition A new chapter (Ch. 11) on School-Age Literacy Development. Updates to the chapter on Cognitive, Perceptual, and Motor Bases of Early Language and Speech (Ch. 4) that include the latest in brain imaging information to convey links between anato
language: English
title: Language Development: An Introduction
titlecomplete: Language Development: An Introduction
genres: Textbooks, School, Education, Reference, Language, Linguistics
ratings_count: 86
publisher: Allyn & Bacon