The Development of Language
6th Edition
Published on 4. August 2004
Book
Hardback
528 pages
978-0-205-39414-2 (ISBN)
Description
The sixth edition of The Development of Language covers language acquisition and development from infancy through adulthood.
The sixth edition of this authoritative book is written and contributed to by leading researchers in the area of language development and acquisition. It is the ideal book for anyone interested in how children acquire language and how language develops across the life span. Syntax, morphology, semantics, phonology, and pragmatics are thoroughly explored. It examines atypical development, presents strong coverage of individual differences, how and why they occur, and provides contemporary references and the most recent research findings. The panel of expert authors provides readers with cutting-edge research knowledge in an interesting and highly readable format.
The emphasis on change over the life span is even more important now than it was when The Development of Language was originally published, since it reinforces current developments in cognitive neuroscience that indicate language, once acquired, is not static, but rather, undergoes constant neural reorganization.
The sixth edition of this authoritative book is written and contributed to by leading researchers in the area of language development and acquisition. It is the ideal book for anyone interested in how children acquire language and how language develops across the life span. Syntax, morphology, semantics, phonology, and pragmatics are thoroughly explored. It examines atypical development, presents strong coverage of individual differences, how and why they occur, and provides contemporary references and the most recent research findings. The panel of expert authors provides readers with cutting-edge research knowledge in an interesting and highly readable format.
The emphasis on change over the life span is even more important now than it was when The Development of Language was originally published, since it reinforces current developments in cognitive neuroscience that indicate language, once acquired, is not static, but rather, undergoes constant neural reorganization.
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Edition
6th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 238 mm
Width: 195 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
994 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-205-39414-2 (9780205394142)
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04/2008
7th Edition
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Jean Berko Gleason
The Development of Language
Book
07/2000
5th Edition
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€69.51
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Content
1. Studying Language Development.
Jean Berko Gleason, Department of Psychology, Boston University.
2. Communication Development in Infancy.
Jacqueline Sachs, Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut.
3. Phonological Development.
Carol Stoel-Gammon, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington.
Lise Menn, Department of Linguistics, University of Colorado, Boulder.
4. Semantic Development.
Barbara Alexander Pan, Harvard Graduate School of Education.
5. Morphology and Syntax in the Preschool Years.
Helen Tager-Flusberg, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine.
6. Language in Social Contexts: The Development of Communicative Competence.
Judith Becker Bryant, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida.
7. Theoretical Approaches to Language Development.
John Neil Bohannon, Department of Psychology, Butler University.
Professor John D. Bonvillian, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia.
8. Individual Differences in Language Development.
Beverly A. Goldfield, Rhode Island College.
Catherine E. Snow, Harvard Graduate School of Education.
9. Atypical Language Development.
Nan Bernstein Ratner, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, University of Maryland at College Park.
10. Language Development in the School Years.
Richard Ely, Department of Psychology, Boston University.
11. Language in Adulthood.
Loraine K. Obler, Graduate School of the City University of New York.
Jean Berko Gleason, Department of Psychology, Boston University.
2. Communication Development in Infancy.
Jacqueline Sachs, Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut.
3. Phonological Development.
Carol Stoel-Gammon, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington.
Lise Menn, Department of Linguistics, University of Colorado, Boulder.
4. Semantic Development.
Barbara Alexander Pan, Harvard Graduate School of Education.
5. Morphology and Syntax in the Preschool Years.
Helen Tager-Flusberg, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine.
6. Language in Social Contexts: The Development of Communicative Competence.
Judith Becker Bryant, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida.
7. Theoretical Approaches to Language Development.
John Neil Bohannon, Department of Psychology, Butler University.
Professor John D. Bonvillian, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia.
8. Individual Differences in Language Development.
Beverly A. Goldfield, Rhode Island College.
Catherine E. Snow, Harvard Graduate School of Education.
9. Atypical Language Development.
Nan Bernstein Ratner, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, University of Maryland at College Park.
10. Language Development in the School Years.
Richard Ely, Department of Psychology, Boston University.
11. Language in Adulthood.
Loraine K. Obler, Graduate School of the City University of New York.