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Child Language: A Resource Book for Students
Jean Stilwell Peccei
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Description for Child Language: A Resource Book for Students
Paperback. Provides a comprehensive overview of language acquisition in children. This book introduces students to key theories and concerns such as innateness, the role of input and the relation of language to other cognitive functions. It teaches students the skills needed to analyse children's language. Series: Routledge English Language Introductions. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: CFDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 174 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Child Language:
- provides a comprehensive overview of language acquisition in children
- introduces students to key theories and concerns such as innateness, the role of input and the relation of language to other cognitive functions
- teaches students the skills needed to analyze children’s language
- includes sections on the bilingual child and atypical language development
- provides classic readings by key names in the field, such as Brian MacWhinney, Richard Cromer, Jean Aitchison, and Eve Clark.
The accompanying website to this book can be found at http://www.routledge.com/textbooks/0415281032
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
Routledge English Language Introductions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415281034
SKU
V9780415281034
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Jean Stilwell Peccei
Jean Stilwell Peccei is a Visiting Lecturer in the English Language & Linguistics programme at Roehampton University. She is the author of Child Language 2nd Edition (Routledge Language Workbooks series, 1999) and Pragmatics (Routledge Language Workbooks series, 1999) and co-author of Language, Society and Power 2nd Edition (Routledge 2004).
Reviews for Child Language: A Resource Book for Students
'Engaging as it is, Child Language opens the door of the fascinating area of language acquisition to students who might think that child language is mere imitation and as such, not worth investigating. Most importantly, the reader is not a passive recipient of knowledge in this book but is invited to actively observe the language acquisition process and experience real ... Read more