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Development of Language

ISBN: 9780205198856 | 0205198856
Edition: 4th
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: PRENTICE HALL PTR
Pub. Date: 11/1/1996

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SummaryTable of Contents
This is the fourth edition of The Development of Language, which is intended for anyone with an interest in how children acquire language and in how language develops over the life span. Each chapter has been written by an expert in a particular area of research, in a way that is accessible to educated nonexperts.
Prefacevii
The Development of Language: An Overview and a Preview
1(39)
Jean Berko Gleason
... MOREIntroduction
1(1)
An Overview of the Course of Language Development
2(8)
The Biological Bases of Language
10(10)
The Structure of Language: Learning the System
20(6)
The Study of Language Development
26(14)
Summary
32(2)
Key Words
34(1)
Suggested Projects
34(1)
Suggested Readings
35(1)
References
35(5)
Communication Development in Infancy
40(29)
Jacqueline Sachs
Introduction
40(4)
The Expression of Communicative Intent before Speech
44(6)
The Social Context of the Preverbal Infant
50(19)
Summary
59(1)
Key Words
60(1)
Suggested Projects
60(1)
Suggested Readings
61(1)
References
62(7)
Phonological Development: Learning Sounds and Sound Patterns
69(53)
Carol Stoel-Gammon
Lise Menn
Introduction
69(1)
English Speech Sounds and Sound Patterns
69(13)
Infant Speech Perception
82(2)
Production: The Prelinguistic Period
84(4)
The Beginning of Phonological Development: Protowords
88(1)
Theories of the Acquisition of Phonology
89(4)
Learning to Pronounce
93(13)
Development after Three Years
106(1)
The Acquisition of English Morphophonology
107(2)
Parental Role in Phonological Development
109(13)
Summary
111(2)
Key Words
113(1)
Suggested Projects
114(1)
Suggested Readings
115(2)
References
117(5)
Semantic Development: Learning the Meanings of Words
122(37)
Barbara Alexander Pan
Jean Berko Gleason
Introduction
122(1)
The Relation between Words and Their Referents
123(4)
Theoretical Perspectives on Semantic Development
127(3)
Early Words
130(7)
Features of Adult Speech That Influence Children's Semantic Development
137(3)
Later Semantic Development
140(4)
Metalinguistic Development
144(15)
Summary
150(1)
Key Words
150(1)
Suggested Projects
151(1)
Suggested Readings
152(1)
References
152(7)
Putting Words Together: Morphology and Syntax in the Preschool Years
159(51)
Helen Tager-Flusberg
Introduction
159(11)
Two-Word Utterances
170(7)
Developing Grammatical Morphemes
177(6)
Different Sentence Modalities
183(5)
Later Developments in Preschoolers
188(6)
Beyond the Preschool Years
194(16)
Summary
197(1)
Key Words
197(1)
Suggested Projects
198(3)
Suggested Readings
201(1)
References
202(8)
Language in Social Contexts
210(49)
Amye R. Warren
Laura A. McCloskey
Introduction
210(4)
Pragmatic Development
214(8)
Developmental Sociolinguistics
222(37)
Summary
246(1)
Key Words
247(1)
Suggested Projects
247(1)
Suggested Readings
248(1)
References
248(11)
Theoretical Approaches to Language Acquisition
259(58)
John Neil Bohannon III
John D. Bonvillian
Introduction
259(1)
Distinguishing Features of Theoretical Approaches
260(3)
Behavioral Approaches
263(6)
Linguistic Approaches
269(10)
Interactionist Approaches
279(1)
Piaget's Cognitive Approach Information
279(5)
Processing Approach
284(6)
Social Interaction Approach
290(27)
Summary and New Directions
300(3)
Key Words
303(1)
Suggested Projects
303(2)
Suggested Readings
305(1)
References
306(11)
Individual Differences: Implications for the Study of Language Acquisition
317(31)
Beverly A. Goldfield
Catherine E. Snow
Introduction
317(2)
The History of Individual Differences in Child Language Research
319(2)
Individual Differences in Early Words
321(4)
Individual Differences in Early Sentences
325(1)
Stability of Individual Differences
326(4)
Sources of Variation
330(7)
Implications of Individual Differences for a Theory of Language Acquisition
337(11)
Summary
340(1)
Key Words
341(1)
Suggested Projects
341(1)
Suggested Readings
342(1)
References
342(6)
Atypical Language Development
348(50)
Nan Bernstein Ratner
Introduction
348(1)
Communicative Development and Severe Hearing Impairment
349(4)
Educational Approaches to the Development of Language in Deaf Children
353(5)
Mental Retardation and Communicative Development
358(2)
Autism
360(5)
Specific Language Impairment
365(10)
Atypical Speech Development
375(23)
Summary
379(1)
Key Words
380(1)
Suggested Projects
381(1)
Suggested Readings
381(2)
References
383(15)
Language and Literacy in the School Years
398(42)
Richard Ely
Introduction
398(1)
Interactions with Peers and the Media
399(7)
Decontextualized Language
406(5)
Metalinguistic Development in the School Years
411(3)
Literacy Experiences at Home
414(3)
Reading
417(6)
Writing
423(17)
Summary
429(1)
Key Words
430(1)
Suggested Projects
430(1)
Suggested Readings
431(1)
References
432(8)
Development and Loss: Changes in the Adult Years
440(33)
Loraine K. Obler
Introduction
440(6)
Acquisition of Adult Registers
446(1)
Language Developments with Advanced Age
447(9)
Adult Language and Brain Damage
456(17)
Summary
464(1)
Key Words
465(1)
Suggested Projects
466(1)
Suggested Readings
467(1)
References
467(6)
Glossary473(17)
Index490

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