Child Language
A Reader
Published on 24. December 1987
Book
Hardback
408 pages
978-0-19-504332-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book of readings stresses key areas in the growing field of language development, mechanisms of language acquisition, comprehension, production, and the relationship between language, thought and action, among others. The editors have organized the book so that it both presents basic principles and reflects the current direction of research by leading investigators. Brief section introductions provide some historical context, describe the major theoretical and methodological issues, and draw connections between the articles included in each section. The book is intended for use as a text in upper level and graduate courses in language development, cognition, and developmental psychology.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
figures, tables
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
756 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-504332-7 (9780195043327)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
I. The beginnings of language: from vocalization to first words - Heinz Werner and Bernard Kaplan; John Dore, Margery B. Franklin, Robert T. Miller, and Andrya L. H. Ramer; Catherine E. Snow; Anat Ninio and Jerome Bruner; Katherine Nelson; Alison Gopnik and Andrew M. Meltzoff. II. Form and meaning in early language - Roger Brown; Lois Bloom, Margaret Lahey, Lois Hood, Karin Lifter, and Kathleen Fiess; Melissa Bowerman; Eve E. Clark; Stan A. Kuczaj; Ellen M. Markham and Jean E. Hutchinson; Lila R. Gleitman. III. Social and private speech - Lev Semenovitch Vygotsky; M. A. K. Halliday; Catherine Garvey and Robert Hogan; David Furrow; Jacqueline Sachs and Judith Devlin; Carole R. Beal and John H. Flavell. IV. Discourse: Conversation and narrative - John Dore; Jonathan Fine; Katherine Nelson and Janice M. Gruendel; Jean M. Mandler; Nancy L. Stein. V. Metaphor and metalinguistic processes - Ellen Winner, Anne K. Rosenstiel, and Howard Gardner; Richard M. Billow; Stella Vosniadou, Andrew Ortony, Ralph I. Reynolds, and Paul T. Wilson; Dianne Horgan; Tamar Rosenblum and Steven A. Pinker; Bonnie Litowitz.