Language Development an Introduction 7th Edition (International Edition) - Softcover

Robert E. Owens, JR.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 020553483X ISBN 13: 9780205534838

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, 2008

Synopsis

This best-selling and comprehensive text on language development is rich in information, research, examples and activities. 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.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Clearly written, well organized, and comprehensive, Language Development is the most widely used text in its field.
In recognition of the tremendous language variations among children, the sixth edition of this highly readable text devotes significant space to individual developmental differences and cultural differences. Developed within a practical chronological framework, this new edition examines every aspect of syntax, morphology, semantics, phonology, and pragmatics.

Highlights of the Sixth Edition

• Chapter 3, Child Development, has been streamlined to include only the child development information most relevant to speech and language development.
• Updates to Chapter 4, Neurolinguistics, include the latest in brain imaging information to convey key links between anatomy, physiology, cognition, and language, and the roles these links play in the development of language abnormalities.
• Chapter 5, Cognitive and Perceptual Bases of Early Language, has been totally rewritten to reflect our rapidly changing knowledge of cognitive development and the newest research in brain imaging.
• The new edition includes increased coverage of literacy development, cultural and linguistic difference and sensation, perception and cognition relative to language processing.

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About the Author

Owens is a professor and director of the graduate program in Speech-Language Pathology

Edition details

• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 020553483X
• ISBN 13: 9780205534838
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528