Language development

by Hoff, Erika

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Title Statements

Full title :Language development / Erika Hoff.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2014
Edition:Fifth edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Wadsworth Cengage Learning
Place of Publication:Belmont, CA
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:9781285632896, 1285632893
oclc:on1149558156
Dewey Decimal:401/.93

Intro -- About the Author -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- Preface -- Ch 1: Introduction to the Study of Language Development -- Language and the Scientific Study of Language Development -- The History of the Study of Language Development -- Major Issues in the Field of Language Development -- Theories of Language Development -- Methods of Research in Language Development -- Sources for Research on Language Development -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Ch 2: Biological Bases of Language Development -- Language as a Human Universal -- The Human Vocal Tract and Language

The Human Brain and Language -- Brain Development and Language Development -- The Critical Period Hypothesis -- The Genetic Basis of Language Development -- Language and Other Species -- The Origin of the Human Capacity for Language -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Ch 3: Foundations of Language Development in Domain-General Skills and Communicative Experience -- Social and Communicative Foundations of Language Development -- Sensory and Perceptual Foundations of Language Development -- Cognitive Foundations of Language Development

The Relation of Early Foundational Skills to Later Languag…