31.3582, Books: Language Acquisition by Children: Goodluck

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Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 22:06:41
From: Anna Glazier [Anna.Glazier at eup.ed.ac.uk]
Subject: Language Acquisition by Children: Goodluck

 


Title: Language Acquisition by Children 
Subtitle: A Linguistic Introduction 
Series Title: Edinburgh Advanced Textbooks in Linguistics  

Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
	   www.edinburghuniversitypress.com
	

Book URL: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-language-acquisition-by-children.html 


Author: Helen Goodluck

Electronic: ISBN:  9781474458184 Pages: 176 Price: U.K. £ 24.99
Electronic: ISBN:  9781474458177 Pages: 176 Price: U.K. £ 90
Hardback: ISBN:  9781474458153 Pages: 176 Price: U.K. £ 90
Paperback: ISBN:  9781474458160 Pages: 176 Price: U.K. £ 24.99


Abstract:

An up-to-date introduction to language acquisition for advanced undergraduates
and beginning graduate students in linguistics and cognitive science

*Examples from a wide variety of languages including English, Chinese, Dutch,
German, Kannada, Portuguese and Spanish

*A clear theoretical stance, adopting Chomskyan generative grammar as a
framework

*Summary boxes, exercises and discussion questions at the end of each chapter
to improve understanding, generate discussion and encourage reflection

*Appendices of research techniques and resources to aid further study

Helen Goodluck adopts Chomskyan generative grammar as a framework to guide
students through the growth of language in a typically developing child. She
presents competing viewpoints and introduces the central controversies in the
field in order to give students the opportunity to evaluate and reflect on
these in relation to the examples and data presented. Summary boxes,
exercises, discussion questions, an appendix of research techniques and
suggestions for further reading are also included to develop deeper
understanding, generate reflective discussion and aid further study.

Taking into consideration recent developments and advances in the field,
coverage includes the acquisition of phonology, morphology, syntax and
semantics, the nature of innate knowledge and learning mechanisms and new
developments in performance mechanisms. Illustrated with examples from a wide
variety of languages, this book presents an accessible and essential guide to
first language acquisition.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition


Written In: English  (eng)

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http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=149033




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