Language development: an introduction
"A thorough and readable introductory text on language development, this book covers all aspects of the complex subject -- including syntax, morphology, semantics, phonology, and pragmatics -- while explaining each idea and concept in a way that is easily understandable by even beginning students of the field. Rich in pedagogical aids like discussion questions, chapter objectives, reflections, and main point boxed features, the eighth edition of Language Development also emphasizes culturally a…
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- Full title :Language development : an introduction / Robert E. Owens, Jr., College of Saint Rose.
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"A thorough and readable introductory text on language development, this book covers all aspects of the complex subject -- including syntax, morphology, semantics, phonology, and pragmatics -- while explaining each idea and concept in a way that is easily understandable by even beginning students of the field. Rich in pedagogical aids like discussion questions, chapter objectives, reflections, and main point boxed features, the eighth edition of Language Development also emphasizes culturally and linguistically diverse children and bilingual and dialectical developmental information -- a discussion that accurately reflects the diversity of life and language in the United States." --Publisher.
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- Publication Date:©2016
- Edition:Ninth edition, Global edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Pearson
- Place of Publication:Boston
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2016
The Physical Object
- Description:462 pages : : illustrations (black and white) ; : 26 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781292104423, 1292104422
- oclc:on1024271285
- LC Classification:P118
- Dewey Decimal:401.93
Table of Contents
The territory -- Describing language -- Neurological bases of speech and language -- Cognitive, perceptual, and motor bases of early language and speech -- The social and communicative bases of early language and speech -- Language-learning and teaching processes and young children -- First words and word combinations in toddler talk -- Preschool pragmatic and semantic development -- Preschool development of language form -- Early school-age language development -- School-age literacy development -- Adolescent and adult language -- Appendices -- Glossary.
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