31.3733, Books: Language Acquisition and Development: Becker, Deen

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Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2020 21:18:33
From: Amy Harris [aeharris at mit.edu]
Subject: Language Acquisition and Development: Becker, Deen

 


Title: Language Acquisition and Development 
Subtitle: A Generative Introduction 
Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: MIT Press
	   http://mitpress.mit.edu/
	

Book URL: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/language-acquisition-and-development 


Author: Misha Becker
Author: Kamil Ud Deen

Hardback: ISBN:  9780262043588 Pages: 336 Price: U.S. $ 55.00


Abstract:

How children acquire language so quickly, easily, and uniformly is one of the
great mysteries of the human experience. The theory of Universal Grammar
suggests that one reason for the relative ease of early language acquisition
is that children are born with a predisposition to create a grammar. This
textbook offers an introduction to the study of children's acquisition and
development of language from a generative/universal grammar–based theoretical
perspective, providing comprehensive coverage of children's acquisition while
presenting core concepts crucial to understanding generative linguistics more
broadly.

After laying the theoretical groundwork, including consideration of
alternative frameworks, the book explores the development of the sound system
of language—children's perception and production of speech sound; examines how
words are learned (lexical semantics) and how words are formed (morphology);
investigates sentence structure (syntax), including argument structure,
functional structure, and tense; considers such “nontypical” circumstances as
acquiring a first language past infancy and early childhood, without the
abilities to hear or see, and with certain cognitive disorders; and studies
bilingual language acquisition, both simultaneously and in sequence.

Each chapter offers a summary section, suggestions for further reading, and
exercises designed to test students' understanding of the material and provide
opportunities to practice analyzing children's language. Appendixes provide
charts of the International Phonetic Alphabet (with links to websites that
allow students to listen to the sounds associated with these symbols) and a
summary of selected experimental methodologies.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition
                     Linguistic Theories


Written In: English  (eng)

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http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=149474




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