Language acquisition

[Annette Karmiloff-Smith]

I have had several emails from people asking one of two questions:
1. when is the paperback edition of the book (below) coming out as
they wish to use it for courses
2. when is the book to be published in Europe (it came out in the US
a couple of months ago)

Harvard Uni Press tell me that they are pressing to bring out a
paperback earlier than is usual but can give me no precise date yet.
The hardback will be published tomorrow in the UK and the rest of Europe.

>  Kyra Karmiloff and Annette Karmiloff-Smith (2001)
>  "Pathways to Language: From fetus to adolescent"
>  Developing Child Series, Harvard University Press.
>
>Contents
>Preface
>Chapter 1 -  What is language acquisition?
>Chapter 2 -  Experimental paradigms for studying language
>                acquisition
>Chapter 3 -  Speech perception in and out of the womb
>Chapter 4 -  Learning about the meaning of words
>Chapter 5 -  Becoming a grammatical being
>Chapter 6 -  Beyond the sentence
>Chapter 7 -  Atypical language development
>Chapter 8 -  Rethinking the Nature/Nurture debate
>References
>Index
>   From the cover:
>"A timely, clear, and valuable book, which offers a masterful
>overview of the many passionately held positions on the origins and
>development of language" - Dan Slobin, University of California,
>Berkeley
>"....emphasis on the way that many factors move development forward.
>With its graceful, lucid style, Pathways to Language takes the reader
>on a journey, vividly conveying the excitement of all the new
>discoveries of recent years that have so deeply changed our
>understanding of what it means to "learn language"
>- Roberta Golinkoff, University of Delaware.
>The journey to language begins before birth, as babies in the womb hear
>clearly enough to distinguish their mother's voice. Canvassing a
>broad span of experimental and theoretical approaches, this book
>introduces new ways of looking at language development. A remarkable
>mother-daughter collaboration, Pathways to Language balances the
>respected views of a well-known scholar with the fresh perspective of
>a younger colleague prepared to challenge current popular positions
>in these debates. The result is an unusually subtle, even-handed, and
>comprehensive overview of the theory and practice of language
>acquisition, from fetal speech processing to the development of child
>grammar to the sophisticated linguistic accomplishments of
>adolescence, such as engaging in conversation and telling a story.
>With examples from the real world as well as from the psychology
>laboratory, Kyra Karmiloff and Annette Karmiloff-Smith look in detail
>at the way language users appropriate words and grammar. They present
>in-depth evaluations of different theories of language acquisition.
>They show how adolescent usage has changed the meaning of certain
>phrases, and how modern living has led to alterations in the lexicon.
>They also consider the phenomenon of atypical language development,
>as well as theoretical issues of nativism and empiricism and the
>specificity of human language. Their nuanced and open-minded approach
>allows readers to survey the complexity and breadth of the
>fascinating pathways to language acquisition.
>