Phonological development in specific contexts : studies of Chinese-speaking children / Zhu Hua.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hua, Zhu, 1970-

Series:

Child language and child development ; 3.

Child language and child development ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language acquisition.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Phonology.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Chinese language--Acquisition.

Chinese language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Clevedon : Buffalo, N.Y. : Multilingual Matters, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first book-length study of phonological development and impairment of Chinese-speaking children. It provides the first normative data on this population, which will be of value to speech and language therapists and other professionals. It also advances the notion of 'phonological saliency’ which explains the cross-linguistic similarities and differences in children's phonological development.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Conventions on Transcriptions

Chapter 1. Language Universals and Crosslinguistic Studies of Phonological Acquisition

Chapter 2. Putonghua Phonology

Chapter 3. Phonological Acquisition of Normally Developing Children. I: Cross-sectional Study

Chapter 4. Phonological Acquisition of Normally Developing Children. II: Longitudinal Study

Chapter 5. The Phonological Systems of Putonghua-speaking Children with Functional Speech Disorders

Chapter 6. Development and Change in the Phonology of Putonghua-speaking Children with Functional Speech Disorders

Chapter 7. The Phonological Systems of a set of Putonghua-speaking Twins

Chapter 8. Phonological Development of a Putonghua-speaking Child with Prelingual Hearing Impairment: A Longitudinal Case Study

Chapter 9. General Discussion and Conclusion

References

Appendices

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-200) and index.

ISBN:

9786610828043

9781853595891

9781280828041

1280828048

9781853595899

1853595896

OCLC:

632479153