Language Acquisition Across North America: Cross-Cultural And Cross-Linguistic Perspectives (Culture Rehabilitation and Education Series) - Softcover

Taylor, Orlando L.; Leonard, Laurence

9781565938625: Language Acquisition Across North America: Cross-Cultural And Cross-Linguistic Perspectives (Culture Rehabilitation and Education Series)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565938623 ISBN 13: 9781565938625

Publisher: Singular, 1998

Using the rich linguistic and cultural diversity of North America as a context, this well-written text provides excellent examples of how unique cultural and linguistic attributes influence the language acquisition process in children. The editors discuss the fact that although acquisition of language is universal among the world's children, the precise developmental sequence is influenced by the socio-cultural context in which language is acquired. Emphasis is placed on the importance of studying different cultural groups and language to arrive at a better understanding of language development.

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This series represents the first major effort to present, in a comprehensive, interdisciplinary manner, the state of the literature on culture and its impact on rehabilitation in a variety of fields, especially the field of communication disorders.

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