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How Children Learn Language
William O´grady
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Description for How Children Learn Language
paperback. This engaging and accessible book explains the incredible mastery of language by young children. Series Editor(s): Aitchison, Jean. Series: Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics. Num Pages: 246 pages, 36 b/w illus. BIC Classification: CFDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272. Series: Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics. 248 pages, 36 b/w illus. This engaging and accessible book explains the incredible mastery of language by young children. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: CFDC. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 11. Weight: 294. Series Editor(s) :Aitchison, Jean.
Adults tend to take language for granted - until they have to learn a new one. Then they realize how difficult it is to get the pronunciation right, to acquire the meaning of thousands of new words, and to learn how those words are put together to form sentences. Children, however, have mastered language before they can tie their shoes. In this engaging and accessible book, William O'Grady explains how this happens, discussing how children learn to produce and distinguish among sounds, their acquisition of words and meanings, and their mastery of the rules for building sentences. How Children Learn ... Read more
Adults tend to take language for granted - until they have to learn a new one. Then they realize how difficult it is to get the pronunciation right, to acquire the meaning of thousands of new words, and to learn how those words are put together to form sentences. Children, however, have mastered language before they can tie their shoes. In this engaging and accessible book, William O'Grady explains how this happens, discussing how children learn to produce and distinguish among sounds, their acquisition of words and meanings, and their mastery of the rules for building sentences. How Children Learn ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521531924
SKU
V9780521531924
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Ref
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About William O´grady
William O'Grady is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hawaii.
Reviews for How Children Learn Language
'The engaging style of the book, and its accessibility combined with its scientific rigour make this volume ideal for a lay audience and for introductory undergraduate courses to language acquisition.' The Journal of Child Language