Language acquisition : studies in first language development / edited by Paul Fletcher and Michael Garman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fletcher, Paul J.

Garman, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language acquisition.

Physical Description:

xii, 613 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [1986]

Summary:

The aim of the first edition of Language Acquisition was to provide as comprehensive a description and explanation as possible of the changes in the child's language as he or she grows older. In this second edition Paul Fletcher and Michael Garman have the same fundamental aim. Six years later the field has not changed dramatically, but there have been fruitful theoretical developments -- the learnability hypothesis, in particular, has been influentially expounded -- and empirical work seeking evidence of specific language capacities in children has made notable advances. Equally significant are shifts in emphasis: the growing interest in cross-linguistic studies, for example, or accounts of language development from a social-interactive perspective, or of the development of reading and writing.

All these changes are reflected in the second edition. About half the chapters are entirely new, having been specially commissioned for this edition. The remainder of the book consists of substantially revised versions of chapters from the first edition.

Like its predecessor, this collection is the work of distinguished specialists from many countries and will provide an invaluable resource for students and professionals alike who have an interest in the field of child language acquisition.

Contents:

Part I. Contexts and determinants 1

1. Psychosocial aspects of language acquisition / Maya Hickmann 9

2. Language acquisition and cognition / Robin N. Campbell 30

3. Language acquisition and linguistic theory / Helen Goodluck 49

4. Conversations with children / Catherine E. Snow 69

5. Learnability / Martin Atkinson 90

6. Variation in child language / Gordon Wells 109

Part II. The development of linguistic systems: phonology 141

7. Prespeech segmental feature development / Rachel E. Stark 149

8. Prosodic development / David Crystal 174

9. Early strategies for the perception and production of words and sounds / Paula Menyuk, Lise Menn, Ronnie Silber 198

10. Phonological development: production / David Ingram 223

11. Speech perception and the emergent lexicon: an ethological approach / John L. Locke 240

12. Phonological development: a crosslinguistic perspective / Marlys A. Macken 251

Part III. The development of linguistic systems: grammar 269

13. Early vocabulary / Patrick Griffiths 279

14. Early syntax / Ann M. Peters 307

15. Assessing morphological development / Bruce L. Derwing, William J. Baker 326

16. Personal pronouns / Shulamuth Chiat 339

17. Tense and aspect / Richard M. Weist 356

18. Modality / Ursula Stephany 375

19. Deixis / Roger Wales 401

20. A crosslinguistic perspective: morphology and syntax / Ruth A. Berman 429

Part IV. Later language development 449

21. Some fundamental aspects of language development after age 5 / Annette Karmiloff-Smith 455

22. The development of reading: the acquisition of a cognitive skill / Philip T. Smith 475

23. Language acquisition and writing / Katharine Perera 494.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 535-601.

ISBN:

0521259746

0521277809

OCLC:

12237197