The Development of Language (Paperback)

Paperback. This text presents a general overview of knowledge of language development in children. All the principle strands of language development are covered, including: phonological, lexical, syntactic and pragmatic development; bilingualism; precursors to language development in infancy; and the language development of children with developmental disabilities, including children with specific language impairments. Each chapter summarizes the state of knowledge and explains and evaluates the theories which have been proposed to account for children's development in that area. Two main themes running through the chapters are nativism versus empiricism and domain-specificity versus domain generality. A resource for students taking advanced courses in language and cognitive development, also for practitioners who have an interest in language development of normal children and in children with developmental difficulties. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …