Research methods in child language : a practical guide / edited by Erika Hoff.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hoff, Erika, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Language.

Children.

Language awareness in children.

Language acquisition--Age factors.

Language acquisition.

Language acquisition--Research--Methodology.

Physical Description:

xviii, 362 pages ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

Summary:

The underlying knowledge and mechanisms that enable language acquisition are hidden inside the mind of the child, and researchers depend on an array of tools to better understand children's language skills and knowledge at different levels of development.

Research Methods in Child language: A Practical Guide presents the diverse methods researchers utilize to study child language, providing clear explanations of the procedures used and the information that these methods yield. Each chapter is written by researchers who have contributed to the development of the methods explored, and describes the obstacles encountered in refining these methods. Presenting new research methods, such as the use of functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) to study the activity of the brain, and expanding on more traditional research methods such as collection, transcription, and coding of speech samples that have been transformed by . new hardware and software, Research Methods in Child Language is an essential tool for all in the field of child language. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Studying Infants and Others Using Nonverbal Methods 1

1 Habituation Procedures / Christopher T. Fennell Fennell, Christopher T. 3

2 Intermodal Preferential Looking / Janina Piotroski Piotroski, Janina, Letitia R. Naigles Naigles, Letitia R. 17

3 The Looking-While-Listening Procedure / Daniel Swingley Swingley, Daniel 29

4 Neuroimaging Methods / loulia Kovelman Kovelman, loulia 43

5 Methods for Studying Language in Infants: Back to the Future / Roberta Michnick Golinkoff Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick, Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek Hirsh-Pasek, Kathryn 60

Part II Assessing Language Knowledge and Processes in Children Who Talk 77

6 Assessing Phonological Knowledge / Cynthia Core Core, Cynthia 79

7 Assessing Vocabulary Skills / Barbara Alexander Pan Pan, Barbara Alexander 100

8 Assessing Grammatical Knowledge (with Special Reference to the Graded Grammaticality Judgment Paradigm) / Ben Ambridge Ambridge, Ben 113

9 Assessing Children's Narratives / Elaine Reese Reese, Elaine, Alison Sparks Sparks, Alison, Sebastian Suggate Suggate, Sebastian 133

10 / Using Judgment Tasks to Study Language Knowledge Knowledge, Using Judgment Tasks to Study Language, David A. McKercher McKercher, David A., Vikram K. Jaswal Jaswal, Vikram K. 149

11 Using Priming Procedures with Children / Marina Vasilyeva Vasilyeva, Marina, Heidi Waterfall Waterfall, Heidi, Ligia G"mez G"mez, Ligia 162

12 Studying Language Processing Using Eye Movements / John C. Trueswell Trueswell, John C. 177

Part III Capturing Children's Language Experience and Language Production 191

13 Recording, Transcribing, and Coding Interaction / Meredith L. Rowe Rowe, Meredith L. 193

14 Studying Gesture / Erica A. Cartmill Cartmill, Erica A., Özlem Ece Demir Demir, Özlem Ece, Susan Goldin-Meadow Goldin-Meadow, Susan 208

15 Dense Sampling / Elena Lieven Lieven, Elena, Heike Behrens Behrens, Heike 226

16 Not Sampling, Getting It All / Letitia R. Naigles Naigles, Letitia R. 240

17 Approaches to Studying Language in Preschool Classrooms / David K. Dickinson Dickinson, David K. 254

18 Using the Childes Database / Roberta Corrigan Corrigan, Roberta 271

Part IV Studying Multiple Languages and Special Populations 285

19 Crosslinguistic Research / Aylin C. Kiintay Kiintay, Aylin C. 287

20 Studying Children in Bilingual Environments / Erika Hoff Hoff, Erika, Rosario Luz Rumiche Rumiche, Rosario Luz 300

21 Studying Children with Language Impairment / Karla K. McGregor McGregor, Karla K. 317

22 Studying the Language Development of Children with Intellectual Disabilities / Leonard Abbeduto Abbeduto, Leonard, Sara T. Kover Kover, Sara T., Andrea McDuffie McDuffie, Andrea 330.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781444331240

1444331248

9781444331257

1444331256

OCLC:

706804043