17.3446, Books: Psycholinguistics: Lust

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Subject: 17.3446, Books: Psycholinguistics: Lust

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Date: 15-Nov-2006
From: Joyce Reid < jreid at cup.org >
Subject: Child Language: Lust 

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Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:00:25
From: Joyce Reid < jreid at cup.org >
Subject: Child Language: Lust 

Title: Child Language 
Subtitle: Acquisition and Growth 
Series Title: Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics  

Publication Year: 2005 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://us.cambridge.org

Book URL: http://www.cambridge.org/9780521449229 

Author: Barbara Lust

Hardback: ISBN: 0521444780 Pages: 300 Price: U.K. £ 45.00
Hardback: ISBN: 0521444780 Pages: 300 Price: U.S. $ 75.00
Paperback: ISBN: 0521449227 Pages: 300 Price: U.K. £ 19.99
Paperback: ISBN: 0521449227 Pages: 300 Price: U.S. $ 29.99

Abstract:

The remarkable way in which young children acquire language has long
fascinated linguists and developmental psychologists alike. Language is a
skill that we have essentially mastered by the age of three, and with
incredible ease and speed, despite the complexity of the task.  This
accessible textbook introduces the field of child language acquisition,
exploring language development from birth into the early childhood years.
Setting out the key theoretical debates, it considers questions such as
what characteristics of the human mind make it possible to acquire
language; how far acquisition is biologically programmed and how far it is
influenced by our environment; what makes second language learning (in
adulthood) different from first language acquisition; and whether the
specific stages in language development are universal across languages.
Clear and comprehensive, it is set to become a key text for all courses in
child language acquisition, within linguistics, developmental psychology
and cognitive science. 

1. The growth of language
 2. What is acquired?
 3. What is the problem of language acquisition?
 4. How we can construct a theory of language acquisition
 5. Brain and language development
 6. The nature of nurture
 7. How can we tell what children know?: methods for the study of language
acquisition
 8. The acquisition of phonology
 9. The acquisition of syntax
 10. The acquisition of semantics
 11. On the nature of language growth
 12. Conclusions: towards an integrated theory of language acquisition. 

Linguistic Field(s): Psycholinguistics

Written In: English  (eng)

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