Rich languages from poor inputs
Taking an accessible and cross-linguistic approach, Understanding Child Language Acquisition introduces readers ot the most important research on child language acquisition over the last fifty years, as well as to some of the most influential theories in the field.
Children's peer talk: learning from each other
Why language matters for theory of mind
An exploration of how children develop an understanding of the theory of mind: the concept that people are mental beings, who have beliefs, desires, emotions, & intentions, & whose actions & interactions can be interpreted & explained by taking account of these mental states.
The Development of the Grammatical System in Early Second Language Acquisition focuses on the acquisition process of early L2 learners. It is based on the following key hypothesis: the initial mental grammatical system of L2 learners is constrained semantically, syntactically an…
The first comprehensive examination of the language of children in literature. Makes a significant and innovative contribution to literary research.
"This is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the methods researchers use to study child language, written by experienced scholars in the study of language development. [The book] presents a comprehensive survey of laboratory and naturalistic techniques used in the study of d…