17.774, Books: Language Acquisition: Williams, Lukin (Eds)
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Date: 13-Mar-2006
From: Adam Green < agreen at continuumbooks.com >
Subject: The Development of Language: Williams, Lukin (Eds)
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Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:08:48
From: Adam Green < agreen at continuumbooks.com >
Subject: The Development of Language: Williams, Lukin (Eds)
Title: The Development of Language
Subtitle: Functional Perspectives on Species and Individuals
Publication Year: 2006
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd
http://www.continuumbooks.com
Editor: Geoff Williams, University of British Columbia
Editor: Annabelle Lukin, Macquarie University
Paperback: ISBN: 0826488781 Pages: 288 Price: U.K. £ 25.00
Paperback: ISBN: 0826488781 Pages: 288 Price: U.S. $ 49.95
Abstract:
This book presents a unique range of interdisciplinary work on questions of
language development and evolution. It makes visible the significant
contribution which meaning-oriented linguistics is making to debates about
the origins of language - from the perspective of language evolution in the
species (viewed as the evolution of "meaning potential") as well as
language development in the child (viewed as "learning how to mean"). As
well as linguistics in the systemic functional, or Hallidayan, tradition,
the book offers contributions from primatology, psychiatry, sociology and
education. What the authors share is a view of language as a social
semiotic system. By seeing language in this way, and drawing on actual
language corpora, the authors are able to address major questions of deep
social significance, including:
* the roles grammar in the emergence of consciousness, from protolanguage
to higher order consciousness
* the dynamics of language variation, including semantic variation, in
children's development
* children's learning in and about a second language
* the significance of different ways of talking about language for school
literacy development
* understanding borderline personality disorder from the perspective of
language development
Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition
Written In: English (eng)
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