The development of language
Combining the contributions of experts and highly-respected researchers, this text offers a definitive exploration of language acquisition and development from infancy through adulthood. Taking a multi-disciplinary approach, it examines what we know about language development-addressing communicatio...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston, Massachusetts :
Pearson ,
c2013
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| Edition: | 8th ed |
| Series: | Allyn & Bacon communication sciences and disorders series
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The development of language
- 2. Communication development in infancy
- 3. Phonological development
- 4. Semantic development
- 5. Putting words together
- 6. Language in school context : development of communicative competence
- 7. Theoretical approaches to language acquisition
- 8. Variation in language development : implications for research and theory
- 9. Atypical language development
- 10. Language and literacy in the school years
- 11. Developments in the adult years