New book - Cross-linguistic speech acquisition

[Madalena Cruz-Ferreira]

Dear all,

 

Here is a new book that will certainly interest many of us.

 

Sharynne McLeod, Ed. (2007), _ The International Guide to Speech Acquisition_, Thomson Delmar Learning.

 

Blurb. Ideal for speech-language pathologists working with children from a wide variety of language backgrounds, this comprehensive resource guide will allow them to identify children who are having speech difficulties, and provide age-appropriate prevention and intervention targets. The text has been carefully compiled to provide a description of many major English dialects, comparing them with General American English. It also contains comprehensive information about typical speech acquisition for over 20 other languages. This resource guide was written by over 70 recognized authorities from around the world.


Book URL:

http://www.delmarlearning.com/browse_product_detail.aspx?catid=27763&isbn=1418053600 

 

If you're interested in ordering the book, there are two order forms, one for Australia and one for the USA, the latter with a 20% discount. You can contact Sharynne for these, at smcleod at csu.edu.au 

 

Best

 
Madalena
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Madalena Cruz-Ferreira 
Dept. English Language and Literature 
National University of Singapore 
ellmcf at nus.edu.sg 
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