online child language bibliography

[Annette Karmiloff-Smith]

Hi Roberta,
oh dear, we might be in competition and not just in collaboration! My
daughter and I are just finishing a book on LA for the Developing Child
Series of Harvard Uni Press....though ours will go beyond 3 years.  It's
called "Language Acquisition from foetus to adolescent".  Previously we did
a *really* popular-level book together on infancy called "Everything your
baby would ask if only he or she could talk..." published in the US by
Golden Books. It's a bit gimmicky (the publisher insisted) but does bring a
lot of scientific results to the public.   I had always wanted my "Baby
It's You" (Ebury Press, Random House) which accompanied an Emmy-winning TV
series on the first three years of life to be turned into a first year text
book, but I couldn't be bothered and no-one else took up the challenge. I
do think it's important for academics to bring science to the general
public in a pallatable form, so am really looking forward to seeing your
book.  Our LA book isn't targeted at the general public, more for young
psych students, nurses and the like, as the whole series is aimed.  Can I
order a copy from you?  It'll take forever before the British have it
available for sale.  I'll be at Albuquerque, will you?
best thoughts and thanks again for all your hospitality to my student. She
just loved her stay with Renee and you lot.
Annette

At 10:35 -0500 31/3/99, Roberta Golinkoff wrote:
>Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and I have some news that we hope will be helpful to you
>all.  We have written a popular press book on language acquisition that can
>be useful for teaching undergraduates as well as for recommending to
>parents who want to know more about language development.  It's called "How
>babies talk: The magic and mystery of language in the first three years of
>life" (Dutton Press) and will come out in June, 1999.  It describes the
>wonders of language acquisition in a highly readable, jargon-free style.
>Written with numerous vignettes to illustrate its points, it reviews the
>most recent research in the field of language development in a way that
>conveys the significance of the newest findings.   It begins with how
>fetuses process language in the womb and concludes with the paradoxically
>competent 3 year-old who is talking a blue streak but can't yet tie her
>shoes.
>
>The book covers much more than just the work coming out of our labs;
>findings from laboratories around the world are described as a testimony to
>infants' and toddlers' amazing linguistic competencies and to the activity
>of this research area.
>
>The book also contains two important tools for teaching.  First, a
>bibliography for each chapter provides the references discussed.  Second,
>sections called "Try This" invite parents to turn their homes into a
>laboratory by experimenting and observing their own children.  These can be
>used by students as they follow a baby's progress in home visits over the
>course of the semester.  The book will cost $26.00 American dollars.
>
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>Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Ph.D.
>H. Rodney Sharp Professor
>School of Education and Departments of Psychology and Linguistics
>University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716
>Phone:  (302) 831-1634	 Fax:  (302) 831-4445	E-mail:	Roberta at udel.edu
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